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02/03/2010

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LAGOON-body of shallow water
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TIDAL FLAT-sandy/muddy areas
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CORAL REEF-A rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water
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CONTINENTAL SHELF-extended undersea continent.Covered with terrigenous sediments from erosion of the continents
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CONTINENTAL SLOPE-submarine geological feature which connects the continental shelf to the abyssal plain,It contains pelagic sediments
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ABYSSAL PLAIN-flat areas of the deep ocean floor, result from the blanketing of an originally uneven surface of oceanic crust by fine-grained sediments, mainly clay and silt