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continental slopes

continental slopes is the plural of continental slope.

Meaning of continental slope

Noun

continental slope (plural continental slopes)

  1. The steep, narrow fringe separating the coastal zone from the deep ocean

Questions about continental slopes

What is continental slopes the plural of?
Continental slopes is the plural of continental slope.

Words near continental slopes in the dictionary

  1. continental shelf
  2. continental shelves
  3. continental shift
  4. continental shifts
  5. continental slope
  6. continental slopes
  7. Continental System
  8. continental time
  9. continental time zone
  10. continental time zones
  11. continental times

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