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superjacent waters

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superjacent waters [¦sü·pər′jā·sənt ′wȯd·ərz]
(oceanography)
The waters above the continental shelf.


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The UN Conference on the Law of the Sea 1958, and subsequently the UNCLOS, describe the continental shelf as "the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea, to a depth of 200 meters, or, beyond that limit, to where the depth of the superjacent waters admits of the exploitation of the natural resources of the said areas.
Additional paragraph: It shall be a national priority to prepare a register of the living and non-living, renewable and non-renewable resources of the superjacent waters, seabed and subsoil in the exclusive economic zone, as well as salvage operations with respect to treasures from ancient sunken vessels within the exclusive economic zone which constitute part of the national cultural heritage.
30) Article 1 of the 1958 Convention provides that the continental shelf of a coastal state extends beyond the depth of two hundred meters where the depth of the superjacent waters admits the exploitation of the natural resources of the shelf.
 
 
 
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