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continental shelves

continental shelves is the plural of continental shelf.

Meaning of continental shelf

Noun

continental shelf (plural continental shelves)

  1. The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.

Questions about continental shelves

What is continental shelves the plural of?
Continental shelves is the plural of continental shelf.

Words near continental shelves in the dictionary

  1. continental plates
  2. continental quilt
  3. continental quilts
  4. continental seating
  5. continental shelf
  6. continental shelves
  7. continental shift
  8. continental shifts
  9. continental slope
  10. continental slopes
  11. Continental System

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