单词	continental shelf
释义	continental shelf noun : a shallow submarine plain of varying width forming a border to a continent and typically ending in a comparatively steep slope to the deep ocean floor Illustration of continental shelf 1 seashore 2 continental shelf 3 continental slope 4 abyssal plain 5 seamount Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 All three events happened along the continental shelf drop-off where migrating blue whales pass by a huge population of orcas. Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2022 But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 There are, of course, additional oil and gas resources to be found on tribal lands, in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, and on the outer continental shelf. Paul Gessing, National Review, 4 Apr. 2022 When Noem listed off a series of energy policy changes—resume construction on the Keystone pipeline, reopen federal land for drilling, resume drilling on the continental shelf—the walls echoed with applause. Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 26 Feb. 2022 But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2022 But construction will be more difficult than in other parts of the country because the continental shelf off the coast of the Pacific plunges steeply. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1892, in the meaning defined above
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