单词 | continental terrace |
释义 | > as lemmascontinental terrace continental terrace n. the continental shelf and continental slope considered together. ΚΠ 1942 R. A. Daly Floor of Ocean i. 10 The continental shelf..and slope together make the composite surface of a great three-dimensional bench which is conveniently named the continental terrace. 1955 Sci. Amer. Mar. 82/1 This underwater borderland between continent and ocean, called the continental terrace, is a shelf of varying width—from a few tens of miles to as much as 300 or 400 miles off some coasts. At its seaward edge it pitches steeply into the deep ocean basin. < as lemmas |
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