• What is a continental slope?

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• What is a continental slope?

Answer 1

If i'm correct, it's the decending land gradients of a continent as it slopes deeper into the ocean. Just type continental slope into your seach engine, you'll find the answer on wikipedia.    http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Scie...

Answer 2

From the shore into the sea the gentle slope is continuation of the slope of the beaches. This gentle slope is the continental slope till the sea floor drops off abruptly into the realm of ocean. There are areas like in the extreme north of Atlantic ocean where the continental slopes of British Isles, their northrn lesser islands merge with that of Iceland. Marine life of continental slope is abundant and differs from that of deep seas in a marked manner. Dogger bank north of British isles is noted for the fisheries grounds of Cod and Halibut.

Answer 3

it is the steep slope which occurs at the edge of the Continental Shelf. the continental slope plunges down to the Abyss and is the real boundary between the continents and the oceans.

Answer 4

The continental slope is a submarine geological feature which connects the continental shelf to the abyssal plain, beginning at a depth of around 460 feet (140 meters). Together, the continental slope and the continental shelf are often referred to as the “continental margin,” in a reference to the fact that the combined features are found at the margins of the Earth's continent. The continental slope also happens to mark the boundary between the part of the world's ocean scientists are familiar with and the mysteries of the deep sea.

Answer 5

A continental shelf is a generally gently sloping submerged extension of a continental land mass which extends outwards for some distance into the sea or ocean before dipping sharply downwards in a steep slope.  This steep slope is the continental slope.