Lagoons are home to many different kinds of unique coral reef.Lagoons are located by the small islands in the ocean.

 Covered with shallow sheets of water.

Tidal Flats are muddy areas that are covered and uncovered by the rise and fall of the tide.

Reefs are made up of coral colonies.

Calcium carbonate live with corals and help cement an entire structure.

Continental Shelf

Gently sloping platform of material.

It extends seaward from the shore and it is underlain by continental crust, it is basically an extension of the continents

Continental Slope & Rise

Steep dropoff that extends from the outer edge of the continental shelf to the floor of the deep ocean.It is used as a dividing line that helps estimate that 60% of Earth’s surface is represented by ocean basins and remaining 40% by continents

Abyssal Plain

Incredibly flat features on the ocean floor.

 A very deep depression in the ocean.