continental shelf

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53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Breton: plateiz kevandirel — the area of sea around a land mass
• Bulgarian: континентален шелф (kontinentalen šelf) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Catalan: plataforma continental — the area of sea around a land mass
• Catalan: marge continental — the area of sea around a land mass
• Chinese Mandarin: 大陸棚 /大陆棚 (dàlùpéng) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Chinese Mandarin: 大陸架 /大陆架 (dàlùjià) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Czech: kontinentální šelf — the area of sea around a land mass
• Danish: kontinentalsokkel — the area of sea around a land mass
• Dutch: continentaal plat — the area of sea around a land mass
• Estonian: mandrilava — the area of sea around a land mass
• Estonian: šelf — the area of sea around a land mass
• Faroese: landgrunnur — the area of sea around a land mass
• Finnish: mannerjalusta — the area of sea around a land mass
• French: plateau continental — the area of sea around a land mass
• Galician: plataforma continental — the area of sea around a land mass
• Georgian: კონტინენტური შელფი (ḳonṭinenṭuri šelpi) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Georgian: კონტინენტური მეჩეჩი (ḳonṭinenṭuri mečeči) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Georgian: შელფი (šelpi) — the area of sea around a land mass
• German: Schelf — the area of sea around a land mass
• German: Kontinentalschelf — the area of sea around a land mass
• German: Kontinentalsockel — the area of sea around a land mass
• German: Festlandssockel — the area of sea around a land mass
• Greek: υφαλοκρηπίδα (yfalokripída) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Hebrew: מדף יבשתי — the area of sea around a land mass
• Hungarian: kontinentális talapzat — the area of sea around a land mass
• Hungarian: kontinentális self — the area of sea around a land mass
• Icelandic: landgrunn — the area of sea around a land mass
• Indonesian: paparan benua — the area of sea around a land mass
• Irish: scairbh ilchríochach — the area of sea around a land mass
• Italian: piattaforma continentale — the area of sea around a land mass
• Japanese: 大陸棚 (tairikudana) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Korean: 대륙붕 (daeryukbung) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Lithuanian: šelfas — the area of sea around a land mass
• Lithuanian: kontinentinis atabradas — the area of sea around a land mass
• Malay: pentas benua — the area of sea around a land mass
• Manx: ymmyr vooarheeragh — the area of sea around a land mass
• Norwegian: kontinentalsokkel — the area of sea around a land mass
• Polish: szelf kontynentalny — the area of sea around a land mass
• Polish: półka kontynentalna — the area of sea around a land mass
• Portuguese: plataforma continental — the area of sea around a land mass
• Romanian: platformă continentală — the area of sea around a land mass
• Russian: континента́льный шельф (kontinentálʹnyj šelʹf) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Serbo-Croatian: ше̏лф — the area of sea around a land mass
• Serbo-Croatian: šȅlf — the area of sea around a land mass
• Slovak: šelf — the area of sea around a land mass
• Slovak: kontinentálny šelf — the area of sea around a land mass
• Spanish: plataforma continental — the area of sea around a land mass
• Swedish: kontinentalsockel — the area of sea around a land mass
• Thai: ไหล่ทวีป (lài-tá-wîip) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Turkish: kıta sahanlığı — the area of sea around a land mass
• Ukrainian: континентальний шельф (kontynentalʹnyj šelʹf) — the area of sea around a land mass
• Vietnamese: thềm lục địa — the area of sea around a land mass
• Welsh: sgafell gyfandirol — the area of sea around a land mass