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con′tinen′tal slope′, [Physical Geog.]
  1. Geographya steep slope separating a continental shelf and a deep ocean basin.
  • 1905–10

'continental slope' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
continental rise - continental shelf

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