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The gentle ‘seaward sloping’ surface from the coasts is called __________.
Answer: Option C
Answer: (c)
Continental Shelf is a gentle seaward sloping surface extending from the coasts towards the open sea. In all, about 7.5% of the total area of the oceans is covered by continental shelves.
The shelf is formed by the drowning of a part of a continent with a relative rise in sea level or marine deposition beneath the water.
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Answer: (c)
Continental Shelf is a gentle seaward sloping surface extending from the coasts towards the open sea. In all, about 7.5% of the total area of the oceans is covered by continental shelves.
The shelf is formed by the drowning of a part of a continent with a relative rise in sea level or marine deposition beneath the water.
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