The Ocean Floor
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
• Shallow, flat area at edge of
the continent.
• Extends out average of 50
miles
• Can be 460 feet deep
• A steep hill that drops
sharply in depth
• Found just beyond the
Continental Shelf
• 10,000 – 13,000 feet
deep
Continental Rise
• Between slope and abyssal plain
• Build up of sediments
Abyssal Plain
• Broad, flattest part of ocean
• Like a plain
• 16000 feet deep
Ridge – Underwater mountain range
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
37,280 miles long rift/valley that runs through Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans
Trench (rift) – Deepest part of ocean
Mariana Trench Philippines – 36,198 feet deep! Mount Everest would fit inside of it!