- continental slope as a noun:
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continental slope
noun
1 continental slope
The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone.
synonyms: bathyal district, bathyal zone.
Roget 343: land covered with water, gulf, gulph†, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou [U.S.], fiord, armlet; frith†, firth, ostiary†, ... show more
Polish: batial, skłon kontynentalny, strefa batialna
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