Continental Slope
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- bathyal districtbathyal zone
- plural
- Continental Slopes
- possessive
- Continental Slope's
- pluralpossessive
- Continental Slopes'