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lithosphere > earth's crust > continental shelf > continent

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continent  

Definition

  • A protuberance of the earth's crustal shell, with an area of several million square miles and sufficient elevation so that much of it above sea level.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/10148

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