continental shelf
continental shelf
Irregular submarine margin of a continent over which territory the coastal State has sovereign rights to extract resources.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ sea-bed
Related terms
- RT⇆ maritime area
- Bulgare континентален шелф
- Czech pevninský šelf
- German Festlandsockel
- Greek υφαλοκρηπίδα
- Español plataforma continental
- Français plateau continental
- Italien piattaforma continentale
- Dutch continentaal plat
- Polish szelf kontynentalny
- Portugais plataforma continental
- Swedish kontinentalsockel
