What is the average width of the continental shelves?

Q. What is the average width of the continental shelves?
Answer: 80 km
Notes: The continental shelf is the stretched margin of all continent occupied by comparatively shallow gulfs and sea. It is the shallowest part of the ocean. The average width of continental shelves is about 80 km.

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