EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Continental shelves make up about 8 percent of the entire area covered by oceans.

Detailed explanation-2: -Continental shelf occupies about 7.6% of the ocean floor. The width of the continental shelf varies considerably.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term “continental shelf” is used by geologists generally to mean that part of the continental margin which is between the shoreline and the shelf break or, where there is no noticeable slope, between the shoreline and the point where the depth of the superjacent water is approximately between 100 and 200 metres.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paragraph 8 The Commission shall make recommendations to coastal States on matters related to the establishment of the outer limits of their continental shelf. The limits of the shelf established by a coastal State on the basis of these recommendations shall be final and binding.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer b: The land near the coast and submerged under the sea is called continental shelf. This is the shallowest part of the ocean bed. It is also called submerged coastland.