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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 |
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