Concept information
Preferred term
CONTINENTAL SHELF
Broader concept
Note
- BLMNSU
Scope note
- A comparatively shallow zone that borders the continents and separates them from the deeper oceanic regions. Sometimes considered as the division between the territorial waters of a State and the high seas or adjacent seas
Identifier
- https://lib-thesaurus.un.org/LIB/DHLUNBISThesaurus.nsf/fee3fb01c865ac5d85256cf400648b1f/1d0cacdddb78398a85256aa0005f8d38
- T0000612
In other languages
-
الرصيف القاري
Arabic
-
大陆架
Chinese
-
PLATEAU CONTINENTAL
French
-
PLATE-FORME CONTINENTALE
-
Континентальный шельф
Russian
-
PLATAFORMA CONTINENTAL
Spanish
URI
http://metadata.un.org/thesaurus/1001274
{{label}}
{{#each values }} {{! loop through ConceptPropertyValue objects }}
{{#if prefLabel }}
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
{{#if notation }}{{ notation }} {{/if}}{{ prefLabel }}
{{#ifDifferentLabelLang lang }} ({{ lang }}){{/ifDifferentLabelLang}}
{{#if vocabName }}
{{ vocabName }}
{{/if}}