"continental" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The continental rise's gradient is intermediate between the slope and the shelf, on the order of 0.5-1 .
- Below the slope is the continental rise, which finally merges into the deep ocean floor, the abyssal plain.
- The current continues to slow down as it moves towards the continental rise until it reaches the level bottom of the ocean.
- The continental rise is an underwater feature found between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.
- The general slope of the continental rise is between 0.5 degrees and 1.0 degrees.
- Beyond the continental rise stretches the abyssal plain, an extremely flat area of the sea floor which is also incredibly deep.
- At the slope's base lies the continental rise, an area where the decline is much less pronounced.
- Abyssal plains are large, almost perfectly flat areas, usually near a continental rise.
- Most contourites are formed in continental rise to lower slope settings, although they may occur anywhere that is below storm wave base.
- In fact, we came in through a cliff in the continental rise, a cliff face.
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