The main 200-feet basin is about 8 miles long; it includes three areas of over 300 feet, which, however, are only separated by very slight shallowings.
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Shallowing
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miniaturenegligibleneriticno great shakesnot deepnugaciousnugatoryon the surfaceotioseoutwardpettypicayunepicayunishpuerilereefsandbanksandbarsciolisticshallow-headedshallow-minded
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And this shallowing, reinforced by the creation of mid-ocean ridges as the supercontinents split up, forced the world’s oceans to overflow, changing the outlines of the continents and all but sinking some of the European islands.
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