Continental Slope

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[kon-tn-en-tl slohp]
An area in between the continental shelf and the continental rise that steeply drops off.

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  • Glossary: Continental Margin
    An area that makes up the continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise.
  • Glossary: Continental Rise
    The area between the continental slope and the abyssal plain formed by an accumulation of sediment and dead organisms that are transported from the continental shelf and slope.
  • Glossary: Continental Shelf
    An area that gently slopes from continents (or around islands) and extends to the continental slope.
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