<P> The continental margin , between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain , comprises a steep continental slope followed by the flatter continental rise . Sediment from the continent above cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of the slope , called the continental rise . Extending as far as 500 km ( 310 mi ) from the slope , it consists of thick sediments deposited by turbidity currents from the shelf and slope . The continental rise 's gradient is intermediate between the slope and the shelf . </P>
<P> The continental margin , between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain , comprises a steep continental slope followed by the flatter continental rise . Sediment from the continent above cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of the slope , called the continental rise . Extending as far as 500 km ( 310 mi ) from the slope , it consists of thick sediments deposited by turbidity currents from the shelf and slope . The continental rise 's gradient is intermediate between the slope and the shelf . </P>
lies at the base of the continental slope
lies at the base of the continental slope
the continental rise
the continental rise