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Continental margin
The
continental margin
is the zone of the
ocean floor
that separates the thin
oceanic crust
from thick
continental crust
. Together, the
continental shelf
, continental slope, and
continental rise
are called the continental margin. Continental margins constitute about 28% of the oceanic area.
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