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From the break, the shelf descends toward the deep ocean floor in what is called the continental slope that descends to the abyssal plain. The comparatively easy to get to continental shelf is the ...

It is the largest, flattest, deepest, and least explored region of the planet: the abyssal plain alone accounts for some 51% of Earth's surface area. As the continental shelf gives way to the ...