continental mass

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continental mass [¦känt·ən¦ent·əl ′mas]

(geography)

The continental land rising more or less abruptly from the ocean floor and also the shallow submerged areas surrounding this land.

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No references found			He and his colleauges used gravity data from the GRACE satellite to monitor the loss of continental mass around the world since 2002. India's thirst for groundwater raising global sea levels by Asian News International No-one challenges that Russia has very large legitimate claims over its continental mass facing the Arctic Ocean. Who owns the Arctic? The debate over Arctic sovereignty has never ... by Worth, Jess / New Internationalist 102) Ridges can be composed of basaltic rocks created during seafloor spreading, basaltic rocks created by hot spots unrelated to seafloor spreading, continental fragments sheered off the continental mass during seafloor spreading, island arc fragments produced during the subduction process associated with convergent tectonic settings, or some combination of the four. Warm is the new cold: global warming, oil, UNCLOS Article 76, and how ... by Carpenter, Brent / Environmental Law			continent continent formation continental accretion continental air continental anticyclone Continental Blockade continental borderland continental cabin Continental Climate continental code Continental Congress Continental Congresses continental crust Continental Deposits continental displacement continental divide Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Continental Divide Trail Society continental drift continental geosyncline continental glacier continental growth continental heat flow continental high Continental Margin continental mass continental nucleus Continental philosophy continental plate continental plateau continental platform continental polar air continental quilt Continental Rise continental seating Continental Shelf continental shield Continental Slope Continental System continental terrace continental tropical air continentality Continentality of Climate Continents contingency contingency allowance contingency interrupt contingency plan contingency table Contingent contingent agreement			Continental Journal of Engineering Sciences Continental Journal of Environmental Sciences Continental Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science Continental Journal of Food Science and Technology Continental Journal of Information Technology Continental Journal of Medical Research Continental Journal of Microbiology Continental Journal of Nursing Science Continental Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Continental Journal of Renewable Energy Continental Journal of Social Sciences Continental Journal of Sustainable Development Continental Journal of Tropical Medicine Continental Journal of Veterinary Science Continental Journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution Continental Kennel Club Continental Landform Continental Landform Continental lentil Continental lentil Continental lentil Continental Liaison Office Continental lithosphere Continental lithosphere Continental Management Limited Continental Mapping Consultants, Inc. Continental margin Continental margin Continental Margins Task Teams continental mass Continental Math League Continental Micronesia, Inc. Continental Microwave Limited Continental New Life International continental nucleus Continental Oil Company Continental Operating Range Continental Operations Range Continental Origins of English Landholders Continental philosopher Continental philosopher continental philosophy continental philosophy continental plan continental plan Continental plate Continental plate continental plateau Continental plates Continental plates Continental platform Continental Polar continental polar air Continental Pole of Inaccessibility Continental policy Continental policy Continental pronunciation continental quilt continental quilt continental quilts

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