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Features of the ocean Features of the ocean floorfloor

Continental shelf

Continental shelf

Is the ocean floor along a continent’s coast.

(The ocean floor is covered by shallow water that slowly slopes down)

Continental Slope

The sharp slope at which the continental shelf ends

Continental Slope

Continental rise

Is the gentle slope after the continental slope

Continental rise

Abyssal plain

Abyssal plainA wide flat area on the ocean

floor(Found near mouths of large

rivers)

Submarine canyon

Is a steep side valley in a continental slope.

(Found near mouths of large rivers)

TrenchesDeepest part of the ocean floor

(Usually long and narrow)

Sea mountAn underwater mountain that rises from the ocean floor but

stops before it reaches the surface of the water.

Mid ocean ridges

Underwater mountain ranges.

Rift valley The valley down the center of a mid ocean ridge.