continental shelf

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Outer coast transients, numbering about 210 animals, were most often found within 20 kilometers of the continental shelf break, particularly near submarine canyons.

From Science Daily

As a result, warm deep water was able to move more easily toward East Antarctica's continental shelf.

From Science Daily

"We think these vast continental shelves and shallow seas were crucial ecological incubators," said Associate Professor Juraj Farkaš from the University of Adelaide.

From Science Daily

However Sheinbaum's government contends that Trump's order applies only to the US portion of the continental shelf.

From BBC

Tides will now be lifting it up and down, and where it is touching the continental shelf, it will grind backwards and forwards, eroding the rock and ice.

From BBC