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Ocean Floor Features

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Continental Shelf flat area that begins at the shoreline and continues until the ocean floor slopes steeply downward
Continental Slope begins at the edge of the continental shelf and continues down to the flattest part of the ocean floor
Abyssal Plain the broad, flat part of the ocean floor
Mid Ocean Ridge area in which mountains form when tectonic plates pull apart; magma fills in the space to form new ocean crust
Trench
a steep, long depression in the deep-sea floor that runs parallel to a chain of volcanic islands or a continental margin
Seamount a submerged mountain on the ocean floor that is at least 1000 miles high and has a volcano origin
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