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EA: OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE
EE: SHELF

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 53
EA label: OCEAN_FLOOR_REGION_NAME_TYPE
Concept definition: A <<<ZONE>>> adjacent to a continent (or around an <ISLAND>) and extending from the <LOW_WATER_LINE> to a depth at which there is usually a marked increase of slope towards the depths of the <OCEAN>; shelf.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [SUFN, "shelf"]
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