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A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves has been exposed during glacial periods and interglacial periods. The shelf surrounding an island is known as an insular shelf.

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Answer:  the area  of seabed  around  a large  landmass where  the sea is reletively  shallow compared  with  the open ocean . The continental shelf is geologically  part of  continental crust

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