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continental shelf |
ocean floor nearest the edges of continents |
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continental slope |
between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain |
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abyssal plain |
much of the floor under the open ocean. It lies from 3 to 6 kilometers (1.9 to 3.7 miles) below the surface. Much of it is flat |
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oceanic trench |
Deep canyon on the ocean floor |
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seamount |
volcanic mountain on the ocean floor |
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mid-ocean ridge |
mountain range that runs through all the world’s oceans |
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Sonar |
sound waves bounced off a hard surface and back to you |
