Siberian continental shelf

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The Siberian continental shelf is an extensive, shallow underwater extension of the Siberian landmass in the Arctic Ocean, notable as one of the largest continental shelves in the world.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf continental shelf ⓘ
marine geographic region ⓘ
adjacentTo Russian Exclusive Economic Zone ⓘ
averageDepth less than 100 meters ⓘ
biodiversity supports Arctic benthic communities ⓘ
supports marine mammals ⓘ
characterizedBy shallow water depths ⓘ
climateZone polar ⓘ
connected Siberian mainland to emergent Arctic shelves during low sea level ⓘ
contains methane hydrates ⓘ
subsea permafrost ⓘ
countryBorder Russia ⓘ
extendsFrom Kara Sea ⓘ
extendsTo Chukchi Sea ⓘ
formedDuring Cenozoic era ⓘ
geologicalSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
hasPart Chukchi Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: Chukchi Sea

East Siberian Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: East Siberian Sea

Kara Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: Kara Sea

Laptev Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: Laptev Sea
importantFor Arctic marine ecosystems ⓘ
global carbon cycle ⓘ
influencedBy Lena River discharge ⓘ
Ob River discharge ⓘ
Yenisei River discharge ⓘ
locatedIn Arctic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Siberia ⓘ
maximumDepth approximately 100 meters ⓘ
notableAs one of the largest continental shelves in the world ⓘ
oceanographicFeature influenced by river discharge from Siberian rivers ⓘ
overlies Siberian craton margin ⓘ
partOf Arctic continental shelf ⓘ
linked to: Arctic region

Eurasian continental margin ⓘ
resourcePotential hydrocarbons ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
seafloorType mud ⓘ
silt ⓘ
soft sediments ⓘ
seaIceCover multi-year sea ice historically common ⓘ
seasonal ⓘ
shapedBy glacial–interglacial sea-level changes ⓘ
subjectOfStudy methane emissions ⓘ
paleoclimate research ⓘ
permafrost degradation ⓘ
wasExposedAsLandDuring Pleistocene glacial maxima ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Kara Sea → locatedOn → Siberian continental shelf ⓘ
Vega expedition → explorationArea → Siberian Arctic coast ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Vitus Bering → exploredRegion → Siberian Arctic coast ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Amundsen Basin → locatedBetween → Siberian continental margin ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Dmitry Laptev Strait → partOf → East Siberian Arctic Shelf ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Arctic sea ice system → spans → Arctic continental shelves ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Eurasian continental margin → hasPart → Kara Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Eurasian continental margin → relatedTo → Arctic continental shelves ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Buor-Khaya Gulf → isPartOf → Siberian Arctic shelf ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Laptev Sea coast → hasNearbyFeature → Laptev Sea shelf ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Arctic basins → borderedBy → Arctic continental shelves ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf
Khatanga Gulf → geologicalSetting → Siberian Arctic shelf ⓘ
linked to: Siberian continental shelf