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What is the name of the area between the shoreline and the continental slope ?

A. continental shelf B. ocean trench
C. Seamount D. Abyssal plain

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Continental shelf is the name of the area between the shoreline and the continental slope.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

The continental shelf refers the continent' edge which presents under the ocean. It expands from the continent' edge to a drop points referred as shelf break. As this break, the underwater edge of the continental shelf initiates to plummet deep into the seabed.

According to convention, the continental shelf of the coastal state includes the sinking area of the coastal state, the seabed and undersea region' subsoil extending beyond its territorial sea to its outer edge point of the continent or 200 km of nautical miles without extending the outer periphery of continental margin.

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