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Continental rise

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-006391

An area that lies at the deepest part of a continental margin between the continental slope and the abyssal plain. The rise is a gentle incline (with slopes of 0.5° to 1°) and it has generally smooth topography - although it may bear submarine canyons.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-006391
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006391",
  "term": "Continental rise",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Continental Rise",
  "definition": "An area that lies at the deepest part of a continental margin between the continental slope and the abyssal plain. The rise is a gentle incline (with slopes of 0.5° to 1°) and it has generally smooth topography - although it may bear submarine canyons.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/continental-rise/"
}

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