continental shelf

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Noun

continental shelf (plural continental shelves)

(oceanography) The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.

Translations

the area of sea around a land mass

Breton: plateiz kevandirel ?
Bulgarian: континентален шелф m (kontinentalen šelf)
Catalan: plataforma continental (ca) f, marge continental m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大陸棚／大陆棚 (zh) (dàlùpéng), 大陸架／大陆架 (zh) (dàlùjià)
Czech: kontinentální šelf m
Danish: kontinentalsokkel (da) c
Dutch: continentaal plat n
Estonian: mandrilava, šelf
Faroese: landgrunnur m
Finnish: mannerjalusta (fi)
French: plateau continental (fr) m
Galician: plataforma continental (gl) f
Georgian: კონტინენტური შელფი (ḳonṭinenṭuri šelpi), კონტინენტური მეჩეჩი (ḳonṭinenṭuri mečeči), შელფი (šelpi)
German: Schelf m, Kontinentalschelf m, Kontinentalsockel (de) m, Festlandssockel
Greek: υφαλοκρηπίδα (el) f (yfalokripída)
Hebrew: מדף יבשתי m
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} कॉण्टीनेण्टल शैल्फ ? (kŏṇṭīneṇṭal śailph)
Hungarian: kontinentális talapzat, kontinentális self
Icelandic: landgrunn (is) n
Indonesian: paparan benua (id)
Irish: scairbh ilchríochach (ga) f
Italian: piattaforma continentale f
Japanese: 大陸棚 (ja) (たいりくだな, tairikudana)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 대륙붕 (daeryukbung)
Lithuanian: šelfas, kontinentinis atabradas ?
Malay: pentas benua
Manx: ymmyr vooarheeragh f
Norwegian: kontinentalsokkel m
Polish: szelf kontynentalny m, półka kontynentalna f
Portuguese: plataforma continental f
Romanian: platformă continentală f
Russian: континента́льный шельф (ru) m (kontinentálʹnyj šelʹf)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ше̏лф m, ^{(please verify)} континентална по̏ја̄с m

Roman: šȅlf (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} epikontinentalni pȍjās m
Slovak: šelf m, kontinentálny šelf m, ^{(please verify)} pevninský šelf m
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} šelf m, ^{(please verify)} kontinentalna polica f, ^{(please verify)} kontinentalni šelf m
Spanish: plataforma continental f
Swedish: kontinentalsockel (sv) c
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} கண்டத் திட்டு (kaṇṭat tiṭṭu)
Thai: ไหล่ทวีป (th) (lài-tá-wîip)
Turkish: kıta sahanlığı (tr)
Ukrainian: континентальний шельф m (kontynentalʹnyj šelʹf)
Vietnamese: thềm lục địa (vi)
Welsh: sgafell gyfandirol (cy) f

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