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 Definitions of continental shelf  [ˌkɒn tnˈɛn tl]  

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Definition of 'continental shelf' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) continental shelf
the part of a continent that is submerged in relatively shallow sea.

Etymology:  (1940–45)

Definition of 'continental shelf' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) continental shelf
the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent


Translation of 'continental shelf' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the part of a continent that is under a relatively shallow sea.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kontinentale plat Arabic flag Arabic: إفْريز قارّي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: геол. шелф
Brazilian flag Brazilian: plataforma continental Czech flag Czech: kontinentální šelf German flag German: die KOntinentalplatte
Danish flag Danish: kontinentalsokkel; fastla Greek flag Greek: ηπειρωτική υφαλοκρηπίδα Spanish flag Spanish: plataforma continental
Estonian flag Estonian: mandrilava Farsi flag Farsi: فلات قاره Finnish flag Finnish: mannerjalusta
French flag French: plateau continental Hebrew flag Hebrew: מָדַף יַבַּשתִי Hindi flag Hindi: महाद्वीपीय जल सीमा, यूरोप
Croatian flag Croatian: kontinentalna polica Hungarian flag Hungarian: kontinentális pad Indonesian flag Indonesian: dangkalan/paparan/landas
Italian flag Italian: piattaforma continentale Japanese flag Japanese: 大陸棚 Korean flag Korean: 대륙붕
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kontinentinisšelfas Latvian flag Latvian: kontinentālais šelfs Malay flag Malay: pentas benua
Dutch flag Dutch: continentaal plat Norwegian flag Norwegian: kontinentalsokkel Polish flag Polish: szelf kontynentalny
Persian flag Persian: فلات قاره Pashto flag Pashto: د يوى وچى هغه برخه چې تر Russian flag Russian: континентальный шельф
Slovak flag Slovak: šelf, okraj kontinentu za Slovenian flag Slovenian: celinska polica,šelf Serbian flag Serbian: sprud
Swedish flag Swedish: kontinentalsockel Thai flag Thai: ไหล่ทวีป Turkish flag Turkish: kıta sahanlığı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 大陸棚 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: материковий шельф Urdu flag Urdu: كسى براعظم كا وه حص‍ہ جو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thềm lục địa Chinese flag Chinese: 大陆架

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