The Continental shelves are of great geographical significance. Which among following is/are correct about continental shelves?
1. When land has gone submergence continental shelves are wide.
2. In some places where coasts are extremely mountaneous the continental shelves are broader and longer.
3. Most of the World’s greatest seaports are located on continental shelves.
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The Continental shelves are of great geographical significance. Which among following is/are correct about continental shelves?
1. When land has gone submergence continental shelves are wide.
2. In some places where coasts are extremely mountaneous the continental shelves are broader and longer.
3. Most of the World’s greatest seaports are located on continental shelves.
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The correct option is C 1 and 3 only
G.C. leong chapter – 12
Continental shelves are very narrow where mountains run parallel to coast. In some coasts having extremely mountainous topography e.g Rocky and Andes, the continental selves may be entirely absent.
The legal definition of a continental shelf differs significantly from the geological definition. UNCLOS states that the shelf extends to the limit of the continental margin, but no less than 200 nautical miles from the baseline. Thus inhabited volcanic islands such as the Canaries, which have no actual continental shelf, nonetheless have a legal continental shelf, whereas uninhabitable islands have no shelf.
1 and 3 only
G.C. leong chapter – 12
Continental shelves are very narrow where mountains run parallel to coast. In some coasts having extremely mountainous topography e.g Rocky and Andes, the continental selves may be entirely absent.
The legal definition of a continental shelf differs significantly from the geological definition. UNCLOS states that the shelf extends to the limit of the continental margin, but no less than 200 nautical miles from the baseline. Thus inhabited volcanic islands such as the Canaries, which have no actual continental shelf, nonetheless have a legal continental shelf, whereas uninhabitable islands have no shelf.
