continental shelf

Example Sentences

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“They mostly forage over the continental shelf and don’t go far out to sea.”

From Reuters

Cables that run over a continental shelf have to be buried between one and two metres deep.

From BBC

The deals, which come after a decade-long financial crisis in Greece, have fuelled distrust in Turkey, at loggerheads with Athens over issues including their respective maritime boundaries and the extent of each country's continental shelf.

From Reuters

Turkey doesn’t recognize Cyprus’ statehood and says that much of the sea around the island where the Cypriot government claims exclusive economic rights falls within its own continental shelf.

From Seattle Times

It also claims some 40% of that zone either lies inside its continental shelf or belongs to Turkish Cypriots.

From Seattle Times