English
Noun
continental shelf (plural continental shelves )
( oceanography ) The outer area of a land mass covered by a shallow sea that extends into open ocean.
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 (zh) ( dàlùpéng ) , 大陆棚 ( dàlùpéng ) , 大陸架 / 大陆架 (zh) ( dàlùjià ) , 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 (de) m , Festlandssockel
Greek: υφαλοκρηπίδα (el) f ( yfalokripída )
Hebrew: מדף יבשתי m
Icelandic: landgrunn (is) n
Indonesian: paparan benua (id)
Italian: piattaforma continentale f
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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 (sv) 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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