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| con·ti·nen·tal shelf (plural con·ti·nen·tal shelves) |
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ocean floor around continent: the gently sloping undersea area surrounding a continent at depths of up to 200 m (656 ft), at the edge of which the continental slope drops steeply to the ocean floor
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