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Continental Margins:
Submarine Canyons  Continental Shelf | Continental Slope | Continental Rise

The continental shelf and slope are often cut by deep canyons running perpendicular to the shoreline. These canyons are associated with powerful currents which scour the canyon out of the surrounding sediment.
Click on the image below to investigate that area.

Congo Canyon

Last modified: 25-August-99
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