continental shelf

noun

What does continental shelf mean?

Irregular submarine margin of a continent over which territory the coastal State has sovereign rights to extract resources.

Relations to

The relations below show words that share meaning, stand in contrast, or have hierarchical connection to continental shelf.

Hypernyms (broader concepts)

More general concepts that this word belongs to.

  • a continental shelf er a type of sea-bed

Related terms

Words that are semantically related. maritime area

continental shelf in other languages

plateau continental
French French
szelf kontynentalny
Polish Polish
epikontinentalni pas
SLV SLV
υφαλοκρηπίδα
ELL ELL
континентален шелф
BUL BUL
piattaforma continentale
Italian Italian
blata kontinentali
MLT MLT
mannerjalusta
Finnish Finnish
pevninský šelf
CES CES
pevninský šelf
SLK SLK
епиконтинентални појас
SRP SRP
epikontinentalni pojas
HRV HRV
kontinentális talapzat
HUN HUN
shelf kontinental
SQ
SQI
žemyninis šelfas
LIT LIT
kontinentālais šelfs
LAV LAV
scairbh ilchríochach
GL
GLE
continentaal plat
Dutch Dutch
Festlandsockel
German German
епиконтинентален појас
MKD MKD
mandrilava
EST EST
platou continental
RON RON
plataforma continental
Portuguese Portuguese
plataforma continental
Spanish Spanish

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