- Continental shelf- the continuation of the continent into the ocean.
- slope- the abrupt drop-off from the continental shelf.
- rise- the accumulation of material falling off the slope.
- abyssal plain- the deepest part of the ocean. The oldest and densest basaltic rock.
- mid-ocean ridge- divergent boundary, magma flows onto the ocean floor here creating new crust.
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