continental slope

The sea floor below the break is the continental slope.

The continental slope drops down to the deep sea floor.

This species is found in a marine environment and on the continental slope.

In the early Paleozoic the environment was a continental slope.

They are distributed on the continental slopes or around sea mounts.

Most species remain near to the coast, schooling over the continental slope.

It is thought to inhabit the deep waters of the continental slope.

It has been observed at depths of 590-700 m on or near the continental slope.

This marine species occurs on the continental slope off the Philippines.

They seem to prefer the continental slopes and shelves, possibly forming schools.

Other species are found on muddy or silty bottoms of continental slopes.

"She's on a sonar mapping project of the continental slope off southern Brazil."

"But don't go thinking of the continental slope as a sheer cliff.

It is found on continental slopes, and is probably caught by bottom trawlers.

It has been estimated that well over 10,000 may exist on continental slopes and abyssal plains.

Cautiously they proceeded on down the continental slope.

Its members are mainly found on continental slopes and on abyssal plains.

Canyons cutting the continental slopes have been found at depths greater than 2 km below sea level.

The character of the shelf changes dramatically at the shelf break, where the continental slope begins.

The Continental Slope was rising, but too slowly.

This continental slope contains rich fishing grounds and numerous coral reefs.

Somewhere down this "continental slope," therefore, lies the "true" edge of what constitutes a continent.

People think that more than 10,000 mud volcanoes may exist on continental slopes and abyssal plains.

It inhabits lower continental slopes and abyssal plains, usually staying near the bottom.

The foot of the continental slope is determined as the point of maximum change in the gradient at its base.