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EA: OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE
EE: CNTNTL_SLOPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 16
EA label: OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE
Concept definition: The deepening <OCEAN_FLOOR> out from the <<<SHELF_EDGE>>> of a <<<CNTNTL_SHELF>>> to the upper <BOUNDARY> of the <<<CNTNTL_RISE>>>, or the <LOCATION> where there is a general decrease in steepness; continental slope.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [SUFN, "slope"]
Supplemental references: [S32, "continental (or island) slope"]

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