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Abyssal plain
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A large, flat, almost level of the deep-ocean basin
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Continental rise
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The gently solping section of the continental margin located between thecontinental slop the abyssal plain.
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Continental shelf
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The gently solping section of the continental margin located between the shoreline and the Continental slope.
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Continental slope.
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The steeply inclinedsection of the continental margin located between the Continental rise and the Continental shelf
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Mid-ocean ridge
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A large, undersea mountain chain that forms along the floor of the amjor oceans
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Ocean Trench
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a long, narrow, and steep depression in the ocean floor that forms when one tentonic plate subducts beneath another plate; trenches run parallel to volcanic island chains or to coastlines of continent; also called a trench or a deep-ocean trench.
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rift valley
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a long, narrow valley that forms as tectontc plantes separate
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