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EA: OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE
EE: BORDERLAND

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 8
EA label: OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE
Concept definition: A <WATERBODY_FLOOR_REGION> adjacent to a continent, normally occupied by or bordering a <<<CNTNTL_SHELF>>>, and sometimes emerging as <ISLAND>s that are irregular or blocky in plan or profile, with <<WATER_DEPTH>>s well in excess of those typical of a <<<CNTNTL_SHELF>>>; borderland.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [SUFN, "borderland"]
Supplemental references: [S32, "borderland"]

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