continental shelf
continental shelf · continental shelves
континентальний шельф
континентальный шельф
Schelf, Kontinentalschelf, Kontinentalsockel, Festlandssockel
The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open oceanThe outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
Meaning
1 sensesThe outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
Schelf, Kontinentalschelf, Kontinentalsockel
континента́льный шельфkontinentálʹnyj šelʹf
континентальний шельфkontynentalʹnyj šelʹf
More definitions
- the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
the area of sea around a land mass:
Русский
By meaning 1
the area of sea around a land mass:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the area of sea around a land mass:
Forms
plural: continental shelves| Singular | continental shelf |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.