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- that portion of the seafloor adjacent to the continents; icludes the continental rise, continental slope, and continental shelf
- the gently sloping submerged portion of the continental margin, extending from the shoreline to the continental slope
- the steep gradient that leads to the deep-ocean floor and marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf
- a seaward extension of a valley that was cut on the continental shelf during a time when sea level was lower; a caynon carved into the outer continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise by turbidity currents
- a down slope movement of dense, sediment-laden water created when sand and mud on the continental shelf and continental slope are dislodged and thrown into suspension
- the gently sloping surface at the base of the continental slope
- area of the deep-ocean floor between the continental margin and the oceanic ridge
- very level area of the deep-ocean floor, usually lying at the foot of the continental rise
- an isolated volcanic peak that rises at least 1,000 meter above the deep-ocean floor
- a continuous elevated zone on the floor of all the major ocean basins and varying in width from 1,000 to 4,000 kilometers; the rifts at the crests of ridges represent divergent plate boundaries
- the process by which plate tectonics produces new oceanic lithosphere at ocean ridges
