continental shelf

English

Noun

continental shelf (plural continental shelves)

1. (nautical) The area of sea around a land mass where the depth gradually increases before it plunges into the ocean deeps

Translations

the area of sea around a land mass

• Breton: plateiz kevandirel ?
• Bulgarian: континентален шелф m (kontinentalen šelf)
• Catalan: plataforma continental (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大陸棚, 大陆棚 (dàlùpéng), 大陸架 (zh), 大陆架 (zh) (dàlùjià)

• Czech: kontinentální šelf m
• Danish: kontinentalsokkel (da) c
• Dutch: continentaal plat n
• Estonian: mandrilava, šelf
• Faroese: landgrunnur m
• Finnish: mannerjalusta (fi)
• French: plateau continental (fr) m
• Galician: plataforma continental f
• Georgian: კონტინენტური შელფი (ḳonṭinenṭuri šelpi), კონტინენტური მეჩეჩი (ḳonṭinenṭuri mečeči), შელფი (šelpi)
• German: Schelf m, Kontinentalschelf m, Kontinentalsockel m, Festlandssockel
• Greek: υφαλοκρηπίδα (el) f (yfalokripída)
• Hebrew: מדף יבשתי‎‎ m
• Icelandic: landgrunn (is) n
• Indonesian: paparan benua (id)
• Italian: piattaforma continentale f

• Japanese: 大陸棚 (ja) (たいりくだな, tairikudana)
• Lithuanian: šelfas, kontinentinis atabradas ?
• Malay: pentas benua
• Manx: ymmyr vooarheeragh f
• Norwegian: kontinentalsokkel m
• Polish: szelf kontynentalny m, półka kontynentalna f
• Portuguese: plataforma continental f
• Romanian: platformă continentală f
• Russian: континента́льный шельф m (kontinentálʹnyj šelʹf)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шелф m, континентална полица f

  Roman: epikontinentalni pojas m

• Slovak: šelf m, kontinentálny šelf m
• Spanish: plataforma continental f
• Swedish: kontinentalsockel c
• Thai: ไหล่ทวีป (lài-tá-wîip)
• Turkish: kıta sahanlığı (tr)
• Ukrainian: континентальний шельф m (kontynentalʹnyj šelʹf)
• Vietnamese: thềm lục địa
• Welsh: sgafell gyfandirol (cy) f

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Translations to be checked

• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} कॉण्टीनेण्टल शैल्फ (kŏṇṭīneṇṭal śailph)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 대륙붕 (daeryukbung)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} pevninský šelf m

• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} šelf m, ^{(please verify)} kontinentalna polica f, ^{(please verify)} kontinentalni šelf m
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} கண்டத் திட்டு (kaṇṭat tiṭṭu)