English Wikipedia - The Free Encycl...
Download this dictionary
Continental shelf
The
continental shelf
is an underwater landmass which extends from a
continent
, resulting in an area of relatively shallow water known as a
shelf sea
. Much of the shelves were exposed during
glacial periods
and
interglacial periods
.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License