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Continental Slope

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-006394

1. That part of the continental margin that is between the continental shelf and the continental rise (if there is one); it is characterized by its relatively steep slope of 1.5 - 6°. Island slopes are analogous to the continental slopes, but occur around islands.

2. The declivity from the offshore border of the continental shelf to oceanic depths. It is characterized by a marked increase in slope.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-006394
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012; NOAA Coastal Services Center Glossary of Coastal Terminology
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006394",
  "term": "Continental Slope",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. That part of the continental margin that is between the continental shelf and the continental rise (if there is one); it is characterized by its relatively steep slope of 1.5 - 6°. Island slopes are analogous to the continental slopes, but occur around islands.\n\n2. The declivity from the offshore border of the continental shelf to oceanic depths. It is characterized by a marked increase in slope.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012",
    "NOAA Coastal Services Center Glossary of Coastal Terminology"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/continental-slope/"
}

Record 6,394 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.