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What symbolizes the continental shelf?

What symbolizes the continental shelf?-example-1
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the correct answer is number (1)

Step-by-step explanation:

this number is the one who refers to the continental shelf because as you can see it refers to an area which is a shallow water area and near from the continent . and the continental shelf is exactly this area , it is defined as a continent which is under an area of a shallow water of the sea which we can called shelf sea

number 2 refers to continental slope and it defines as the steep slope which connect between the continental shelf and the sea floor

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