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Water (Oceans)
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 Write short notes on the following :

1. Continental Rise.

Answer

Continental Rise : The continental shelves give way to continental slopes. The slope abruptly is replaced by the continental rise, a surface of much gentler slope decreasing in slopiness towards the ocean basin floor. The continental rise generally has a moderate to low relief.

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