Colombian continental margin

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continental margin submarine physiographic province

The Colombian continental margin is the submerged outer edge of the South American continent off Colombia’s Caribbean coast, where the shallow continental shelf transitions into the deeper Colombian Basin.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Colombian continental margin canonical 1
Colombian continental shelf 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental margin ⓘ
submarine physiographic province ⓘ
adjacentTo Caribbean Plate ⓘ
Nazca Plate ⓘ
bathymetricRange from shallow shelf depths to abyssal plain depths ⓘ
borders Colombian Basin ⓘ
characterizedBy broad shelf in some sectors ⓘ
steep continental slope in places ⓘ
thick sedimentary cover ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
economicImportance fishing grounds ⓘ
hydrocarbon exploration area ⓘ
potential gas hydrate resources ⓘ
environmentalImportance carbon burial zone ⓘ
marine biodiversity habitat ⓘ
extendsAlong northern coast of Colombia ⓘ
faces Caribbean Sea ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasPart continental rise ⓘ
continental shelf ⓘ
continental slope ⓘ
influencedBy Caribbean current system ⓘ
Magdalena River sediment input ⓘ
isSubregionOf Caribbean continental margin ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean Sea ⓘ
Colombian Caribbean region ⓘ
surface form: Colombian Caribbean
nearbyCoastalCities Barranquilla ⓘ
Cartagena, Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Cartagena

Santa Marta ⓘ
overlies oceanic crust of the Colombian Basin ⓘ
partOf South American continental margin ⓘ
processes sediment accumulation ⓘ
slope instability ⓘ
submarine landslides ⓘ
turbidity currents ⓘ
researchField geophysics ⓘ
marine geology ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ
SpanishName margen continental colombiano ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent margin ⓘ
subduction zone environment ⓘ
transitionZoneBetween Colombian continental margin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Colombian continental shelf

deep Colombian Basin ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombian Basin → liesNorthOf → Colombian continental margin ⓘ
Colombian continental margin → transitionZoneBetween → Colombian continental margin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colombian continental shelf