| 单词 | continental rise |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontinental rise continental rise n. the gently inclined slope between the foot of the continental slope and the ocean bed. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > region of sea or ocean > [noun] > continental shelf > slope at foot of continental rise1959 1959 B. C. Heezen et al. in Spec. Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. No. 65. ii. 19 Since we have limited the continental slope to gradients greater than 1:40, we split off this lower portion of the continental margin into a separate province, the continental rise. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation iii. 47 The continental rise although it descends to 16,000 feet has a gentler inclination than the continental slope. 1970 D. A. Ross Introd. Oceanogr. viii. 273 Many continental slopes end in a gently inclining, broad topographic feature called the continental rise. 1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury Introd. World's Oceans ii. 41 Few continental rises occur in the Pacific Ocean. < as lemmas |
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