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Keywords: Abyssal, Gently, Slope, Ocean, Plain

Related Terms: Butte, Cliff, Col, Cuesta, Declivity, Escarpment, Fjord, Hogback, Mountain, Neritic, Plain, Ridge, Scarp, Shelf, Trough, Oceanic, Oceanic Trench, Seafloor Spreading, Seamount, Submarine Canyon, Continental Margin, Continental Shelf, Continental Slope, Abyssal, Fault Scarp, Oceanic Ridge, Headwall, Rift Valley, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Offshore, Coastal Plain, Backshore, Bajada, Abyssal Zone, Bathyal Zone, Outer Continental Shelf, Inselberg, Passive Margin, Pediment, Abyssal Plain, Sea-Floor Spreading, Sea Stack, Ocs, Bunny Slope, Neritic Zone, Beach Ridge, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic Zone, Cuspate Foreland

A broad and gently sloping ramp that rises from an abyssal plain to the continental slope.

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The gently sloping surface located at the base of a continental slope.

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a gentle slope rising from oceanic depths towards the foot of a continental slope CRSU

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The gently inclined region of ocean floor between the base of the continental slope and the abyssal plain.

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Part of the continental margin; the ocean floor from the continental slope to the abyssal plain.

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Thick layers of sediment found between the continental slope the ocean floor.

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