continental shelf

Summary

continental shelf ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,747 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• continental shelf is a type of landform^[2].
• continental shelf is a type of shallow^[3].
• continental shelf's Commons category is recorded as Continental shelf^[4].
• continental shelf's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Continental shelves^[5].
• continental shelf's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[6].
• continental shelf's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[7].
• continental shelf's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[8].
• continental shelf's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[9].
• continental shelf's different from is recorded as continental rise^[10].
• continental shelf's different from is recorded as continental slope^[11].
• continental shelf's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000223^[12].
• continental shelf's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include landform^[2] and shallow^[3].

Why It Matters

continental shelf ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,747 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[15]