From the shore line, out to a distance which may be anywhere from a few miles to a few hundred miles, runs the gentle slope of the continental shelf, geologically part of the continents.

从海岸线向海延伸几英里到几百英里的区域是陆架慢坡，从地质学上来说，它是陆的一部分。

Without the weight of water to support their sides, the continental shelves would collapse.

如果没有海水支撑陆架，陆架就会崩塌。

While " inner-coast" transients stalk shallow waters near the shore, " outer-coast" transients hunt in the deep open waters along canyons at the edge of the continental shelf.

“内海岸”客鲸海岸附近的浅水区潜行，而“外海岸”客鲸则陆架边缘峡谷沿岸的开阔水域中捕猎。

Because of its epic proportions, the behemoth " almost immediately got stuck" on the seabed around the continental shelf, which was too shallow for its keel to pass over, he says.

西格特说，由于其巨的体积，这座庞然物“几乎立刻”就被困陆架周围的海床上，里太浅，它的龙骨无法。

And it only approached the Asian Sunda continental shelf in the west around 20 to 25 million years ago in the late Oligocene or early Miocene epoch.

而且，它只有约 2,000 万到 2,500 万年前的渐新世晚期或中新世早期和西面的亚洲巽他古陆接壤。

The country says because the North Pole is connected to the continental shelf of Greenland, and because Greenland is a Danish autonomous territory, the North Pole is Denmark`s.

这个国家表示因为北极与格林兰岛的陆架相连，而且格林兰岛又是丹麦属地，因此北极属于丹麦。

Argentina accuses Chile of encroaching into its territorial waters and trying to seize part of the continental shelf. Officials described the move as unacceptable.

阿根廷指控智利侵略其领海以及试图占领部分陆架。相关官员称此举不可接受。

However, the Turkish government believes the waters, in which natural gas is being drilled on a trial basis, belong to the Turkish continental shelf.

然而，土耳其政府认为这片正进行天然气钻探试验的海域属于土耳其陆架。

Meijers said he is worried the iceberg will get caught on the underground continental shelf around South Georgia.

梅杰斯说，他担心这座冰山会被南乔治亚岛周围的地下陆架卡住。

Submarine drones uncovered an extensive system of underwater " rivers" of dense, salty water along Australia's continental shelf.

海底无人机澳利亚陆架沿岸发现一个巨的地下水“河流”系统，流着的是稠密的含盐水。

Its continental shelf is believed to have deposits of metals, including copper, zinc, cobalt and rare earths.

据信，它的陆架上有金属矿藏，包括铜、锌、钴和稀土。

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

一年四季里，覆盖浅层陆架上的巨冰川生成众多冰山。

" They mostly forage over the continental shelf and don't go far out to sea" .

" 它们多陆架上觅食，不会到远海。"

Jacques Cousteau's 1962 continental shelf system was one of the first experiments in underwater living environments.

1962年雅克·库斯托的陆架系统是水下生活环境的首批实验之一。

These include areas along continental shelf formations where ice is attached to the shore, the National Institute of Polar Research said in a statement.

包括沿陆架区域，里的冰附着海岸上，美国国家极地研究所声明中称。

Now imagine if people started building cities on that continental shelf.

现想象一下，如果人们开始陆架上建造城市。

The depth of the open ocean varies considerably  but the majority of it falls from the continental shelf down to depths of between 3,000 and 6000  meters, in what are known as abyssal plains.

公海的深度差异很， 但部分从陆架延伸到 3,000 至 6,000 米深的地区，即所谓的深海平原。

Most rocks of that age have been submerged under the continental shelves, so they're swimming under the crust of the Earth somewhere and gradually getting digested deep in the bowels of the Earth.

个年代的多数岩石都已埋陆架之下，所以它们地球的地壳某处“游泳” ，并逐渐被地球深处的“肠胃” 消化掉。

(bright thoughtful music) The gentle slope of the Outer Banks's continental shelf creates an ideal environment for shoals as sand is pushed from deeper waters up onto the shelf.

（明快深思的音乐）外班克斯陆架的缓坡为沙洲创造理想的环境，因为沙子从深水被推到陆架上。

This current riffles against the edge of Antarctica's continental shelf, several hundred kilometers off the coast. Its powerful turbulence lifts deep, warm water onto the edge of the shelf.

这一洋流距海岸数百公里处轻拍南极陆架的边缘。其强劲的湍流将深层暖水抬升至陆架边缘。