European continental shelf

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continental shelf marine geographic region

The European continental shelf is the submerged extension of the European continent, consisting of relatively shallow seabed areas that support rich marine ecosystems, fisheries, and offshore energy resources.

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	continental shelf ⓘ marine geographic region ⓘ
characterizedBy	relatively shallow water depths ⓘ
extendsAlongCoastOf	Belgium ⓘ Denmark ⓘ Faroe Islands ⓘ Finland ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Greece ⓘ Iceland ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Italy ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Norway ⓘ Portugal ⓘ Russia ⓘ Spain ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Turkey ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
hasEconomicImportanceFor	European Union ⓘ Norway ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
hasFeature	broad shelf areas in the North Sea ⓘ narrower shelves in parts of the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ submerged extension of the European continent ⓘ
importantFor	biodiversity conservation ⓘ marine transportation routes ⓘ
locatedIn	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Baltic Sea ⓘ Barents Sea ⓘ Bay of Biscay ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Celtic Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Sea ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ
partOf	Eurasian continental shelf ⓘ
relatedTo	exclusive economic zone ⓘ
supports	commercial fisheries ⓘ offshore natural gas resources ⓘ offshore oil resources ⓘ offshore wind energy ⓘ rich marine ecosystems ⓘ
threatenedBy	climate change ⓘ offshore pollution ⓘ overfishing ⓘ

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North Sea → locatedOn → European continental shelf ⓘ