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Rishabh ChoudharyAIR 28

Question Q.16 (partial context)GS1GS1

Defining continental shelf, highlight its resource potential and ecological significance. (15 marks, 250 words)

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Main Body

Continental shelf is the boundary between oceanic slope and continent. The length of continental shelf varies from chile (60m) to Siberia (3000 m)

23 words1 paragraphs

Diagram

Continental margin at ocean trench showing continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise with indentation marking slope angle

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Topper

Rishabh Choudhary

AIR 28

Subject & Paper

GS1GS1

Topic

Salient features of World's Physical Geography

Continental shelf geography

Writing Stats

23

Total words

1

Paragraphs

formal

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