Angola Basin
Published: March 29, 2010, 12:00 am
Updated: October 29, 2011, 10:02 am
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C Michael HoganThe Angola Basin is an ocean basin located to the west of Africa at about 15o S in the south-central Atlantic Ocean. It is demarcated to the north by the Guinea Ridge, south of which lies the Angola Abyssal Plain which is fed by the Congo Canyon, the largest in the eastern Atlantic. This basin has also been known as the Buchanan Deep.
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Steve Baum (Lead Author);C Michael Hogan (Topic Editor) "Angola Basin". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth March 29, 2010; Last revised Date October 29, 2011; Retrieved May 23, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Angola_Basin>
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The Angola Basin is an ocean basin located to the west of Africa at about 15o S in the south-central Atlantic Ocean. It is demarcated to the north by the Guinea Ridge, south of which lies the Angola Abyssal Plain which is fed by the Congo Canyon, the largest in the eastern Atlantic. This basin has also been known as the Buchanan Deep.
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