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What is called the coastal part of water bodies of the ocean which is structurally part of the mainland of the continents?
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ANS. (C) 
A continental shelf extends from the coastline of a continent to a drop-off point called the shelf break. From the break, the shelf descends toward the deep ocean floor in what is called the continental slope. Even though they are underwater, continental shelves are part of the continent. The actual boundary of a continent is not its coastline, but the edge of the continental shelf.

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