Continental Margins

The continental margin can
create great surf!

In this topic, you explored the continental margin where the oceans of the world meet the land. The continental margin is nothing more than the submerged end of the continents.

The margin has three main parts, the shelf, the slope, and the rise with a break that separates the slope from the rise. Although the continental margin is not that deep for the most part, it can contain deep canyons.

Now that you have looked at the ocean floor just off the coasts of the continents, continue your investigation of the deep by taking a closer look at what lies just off the continental margin.