continental shelf
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This has led to more frequent clashes with Greece and Cyprus over exclusive economic zones and continental shelf boundaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
In 2004 one called A38 grounded on its continental shelf, leaving dead penguin chicks and seal pups on beaches as massive ice chunks blocked their access to feeding grounds.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
These pockmarks are located on the continental margin, a dynamic section of the seafloor that connects the relatively shallow continental shelf to the deep sea.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
Newly charted extensions to the U.S. continental shelf hold resources and scientific riches.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 8, 2024
At such times the ridge came down, and the continental shelf, so to speak, stretched out, and the algae along the shore became so slack that I tended to catch my feet in it.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
