Requirement
4. Draw a cross-section of underwater topography
Required
Name and put on it a seamount, guyot, rift valley, canyon, trench and oceanic ridge. Compare ocean depths with the heights of mountains on land. Show what is meant by (a) continental shelf, (b) continental slope and (c) abyssal plain.
Where this step comes from
- Oceanography Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 4 · Lists three items to show, (a) to (c), which are summarized in this step.