Just off the coast , the continental shelf plunges, forming an underwater canyon.

Topographically, we may consider the coastal plain to be a terrestrial analog of the continental shelf.

从地形角度讲我们可以把沿岸平原看成是大陆架在陆上的类似构造.

Huge glaciers that stretch over the shallow continental shelf give birth to icebergs throughout the year.

一年四季里,覆盖在浅层大陆架上的巨大冰川生成了众多冰山.

The water above the continental shelf is moved by the tides and by estuarine currents.

潮流和河口流使大陆架上的海水流动.

Beautiful scenery and unique, continental shelf is island and the mainland both scenery and ocean scenery.

风光美丽而独特, 属大陆架海岛,大陆风光与海洋风光兼备.

Jppan Sea is a vast marginal sea and is surrounded by continental shelf.

日本海是一个广阔的边缘海,四周被大陆架所围.

Another ocean current flows northeast along the steep continental shelf.

还有一股沿陡峭陆架坡向东北流动的海流.

The results strongly indicated that the lateral particle transportation continental shelf was the controlling mechanism.

此种结果显示颗粒横向搬运是主要的控制机制.

First, Congress should open the way for environmentally responsible offshore exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf.

首先, 国会应该开放在环境上可靠的外层大陆架海面开发的道路.

Violent crust movements always happen near the continental shelf.

陆坡区域的地壳经常出现剧烈的活动.

With whole continents experiencing a decline in living standards there is ample ground for pessimism.

世界各大洲生活水平都在下降,所以悲观主义有充分的依据.

In the Northern Hemisphere, the western portions of continents are especially favored by the prevailing winds.

在北半球, 大陆西部地区尤受多风之惠.

There is little we can do to stop this natural disintegration of the continents.

我们难以阻止这种陆地的自然蜕变作用.

There is a higher heat production in the upper mantle below oceans than below continents.

大洋下的上地幔要比大陆下的上地幔有较高的热产率.

They would have lived on two continents and sampled two different ways of life.

他们要住在两个截然不同的大陆上,过截然不同的生活.

The idea that continents broke and drift apart is known as the hypothesis of continental drift.

认为大陆曾经分裂并漂离的想法叫大陆漂移假说.

The Mediterranean is between two continents Ou Feis.

地中海是在欧非两洲之间.

The ostrich indeed inhabits continents.

鸵鸟确实是生活在大陆上的.

The two continents were connected by a land mass at one time.

这两个大陆曾经由一大片陆地连接着.

There is an ever-increasing need to link communications systems on various continents.

日益增长的需要把各大陆的通讯系统连接起来.

It is a misconception to assume that the two continents are similar.

关于这两块大陆相似的假设是一种误解。