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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">undersea shelves</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>continental shelves</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>undersea landforms</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>shelves, undersea</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>submarine shelves</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>undersea shelf</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Zones adjacent to continents (or around islands) that extend from low water lines to a depth at which there are marked increases of slopes towards oceanic depths. ]]></note></mads>