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features > physiographic features > continental shelves

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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Created: 1990-04-26T00:00:00Z

Notation: 32413

continental shelves  

Definition

  • Information Underwater portion (shelf) of the continent, with moderate inclination, extending seaward from the shore to the edge of the continental slope where the inclination increases rapidly. Sometimes conventionally considered as the continent margin between 0 and 200 meters depths.

    Created: 5/31/23

    Last modified: 2/6/25

     (en)

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  • The continental shelf of a coastal State comprises the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the continental margin, or to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance. (UNCLOS) (en)

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  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    جرف قاري

    Arabic

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2002-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    大陆架

    Chinese

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2003-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    kontinentální šelfy

    Czech

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1990-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Last modified: 2021-05-24T17:34:42Z

    Notation: 32413

    plateau continental

    French

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2019-12-11T11:51:16.797+01:00

    Notation: 32413

    კონტინენტური შელფი

    Georgian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1996-12-24T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    Kontinentalschelf

    German

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1990-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    महाव्दीपीय परतें

    Hindi

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2006-12-06T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    kontinentális talapzat

    Hungarian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2006-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    Piattaforme continentali

    Italian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2005-08-09T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    大陸棚

    Japanese

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    ໄຫຼ່ທະວີບ

    Lao

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    فلات‌های قاره‌ای

    Persian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2006-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    Szelf kontynentalny

    Polish

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 1998-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Last modified: 2021-06-16T21:24:42Z

    Notation: 32413

    plataforma continental

    Portuguese

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2020-09-03T14:11:36

    Notation: 32413

    platforme continentale

    Romanian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2020-09-03T14:13:02

    Notation: b6857856

    platouri continentale
  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    континентальные шельфы

    Russian

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2005-12-16T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    kontinentálne šelfy

    Slovak

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2024-07-03T16:11:42Z

    Notation: 32413

    Plataforma continental

    Spanish

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2024-02-23T12:46:34

    Notation: 32413

    rafu za bara

    Swahili

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2005-08-19T00:00:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    ไหล่ทวีป

    Thai

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2011-11-20T21:02:49Z

    Last modified: 2017-04-03T09:37:06Z

    Notation: 32413

    kıta sahanlığı

    Turkish

  • Information

    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2013-07-30T23:02:07Z

    Last modified: 2013-09-02T16:17:00Z

    Notation: 32413

    континентальні шельфи

    Ukrainian

URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_32413

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