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Which relatively flat feature of the ocean floor is in the open ocean and borders the continental shelf?

abyssal plain
mid-ocean ridge
continental slope
deep-ocean trench

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Abyssal plain.

Explanation: Abyssal plains are the very flat, deep parts of the ocean floor found in the open ocean beyond the continental rise/slope, forming the broad flat area adjacent to the continental margins.