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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)
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Continental Slope
The sharp slope at which the continental shelf ends
Continental Slope
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Continental rise
Is the gentle slope after the continental slope
Continental rise
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Abyssal plain
Abyssal plainA wide flat area on the ocean
floor(Found near mouths of large
rivers)
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Submarine canyon
Is a steep side valley in a continental slope.
(Found near mouths of large rivers)
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TrenchesDeepest part of the ocean floor
(Usually long and narrow)
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Sea mountAn underwater mountain that rises from the ocean floor but
stops before it reaches the surface of the water.
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Mid ocean ridges
Underwater mountain ranges.
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Rift valley The valley down the center of a mid ocean ridge.