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11 Cards in this Set
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continent
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major landmass
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submarine cayon
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u or v shaped valley cut into a
continental shelf or slope |
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continental slope
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steepest part of the continental
marginal |
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seamounts
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free standing mountains formed
by volcanoes |
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guyot
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seamounts that have been
eroded away |
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abyssal plain
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bottom of the ocean
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trench
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place where the ocean is forced
beneth itself |
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midocean ridge
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colossal chain of underwater
mountains located between 2 seperated plates |
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volcanic islands
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formed by a volcano
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rift valley
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a valley formed between mid
atlantic ridge |
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continental shelf
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begins at the shoreline
and gentle slopes towards the oceans |
