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Title
CONTINENTAL SHELF
Use for
PLATE-FORME CONTINENTALE
Broader term
CONTINENTAL MARGINS
See also
BOUNDARIES
BASELINES
SUBMARINE TOPOGRAPHY
COASTAL AREAS
MARITIME BOUNDARIES
SUBMERGED LANDS
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
COASTAL STATES
SEABED
NoteA comparatively shallow zone that borders the continents and separates them from the deeper oceanic regions. Sometimes considered as the division between the territorial waters of a State and the high seas or adjacent seas
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