Question 8 • PARTA - EOP: PGCPS BIOGEOCHEM CR (FALL2026) - 798113
An abyssal plain is a broad, flat region of the deep ocean floor, far from the continents. The continental shelf and continental slope lie along the edges of continents, while a trench is a deep, narrow depression rather than the broad open-ocean feature asked for.
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