Browsing Interface : Welcome guest : log in
Home |  Graph |  LogLearn |  Editor |  ]  KB:  Language: 
  Formal Language: 


KB Term:  Term intersection
English Word: 

Sigma KEE - ContinentalShelf
ContinentalShelf(continental shelf)
continental_shelf

appearance as argument number 1
-------------------------


(subclass ContinentalShelf SubmergedLandArea) Geography.kif 7681-7681 Continental shelf is a subclass of submerged land area
(documentation ContinentalShelf EnglishLanguage "A ContinentalShelf is a natural undersea extension of land around a Continent. The shelf is a gently sloped (average less than one percent) plain that is an extension of the CoastalPlain found off the coast of most continents.") Geography.kif 7683-7686 Continental shelf is a subclass of submerged land area
(externalImage ContinentalShelf "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 3/ 32/ Continental_shelf.png") pictureList.kif 2453-2453 Continental shelf is a subclass of submerged land area
(externalImage ContinentalShelf "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 9/ 93/ Elevation.jpg") pictureList.kif 2559-2559 Continental shelf is a subclass of submerged land area

appearance as argument number 2
-------------------------


(termFormat EnglishLanguage ContinentalShelf "continental shelf") domainEnglishFormat.kif 16974-16974
(termFormat ChineseTraditionalLanguage ContinentalShelf "大陸棚") domainEnglishFormat.kif 16975-16975
(termFormat ChineseLanguage ContinentalShelf "大陆棚") domainEnglishFormat.kif 16976-16976

antecedent
-------------------------


(=>
    (and
        (instance ?zone MaritimeShelfArea)
        (instance ?shelf ContinentalShelf)
        (instance ?country Nation)
        (meetsSpatially ?shelf ?country)
        (claimedTerritory ?zone ?country))
    (overlapsSpatially ?zone ?shelf))
Geography.kif 2532-2539 If X is an instance of maritime shelf area, Y is an instance of continental shelf, Z is an instance of nation, Y meets Z, and Z is a claimed territory of X, then X and Y overlapsSpatially
(=>
    (instance ?SHELF ContinentalShelf)
    (exists (?MARGIN)
        (and
            (instance ?MARGIN ContinentalMargin)
            (properPart ?SHELF ?MARGIN)
            (overlapsSpatially ?SHELF ?MARGIN))))
Geography.kif 7696-7702 If X is an instance of continental shelf, then there exists Y such that Y is an instance of continental margin, X is a proper part of Y, X, and Y overlapsSpatially


Show full definition with tree view
Show simplified definition (without tree view)
Show simplified definition (with tree view)



Sigma web home      Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) web home
Sigma version 3.0.0-ac69cf7a (2026-05-13) is open source software produced by Articulate Software and its partners