The relatively shallow part of the ocean extending from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf is called the  

A.  surface zone.
B.  abyssal zone.
C.  neritic zone.
D.  littoral zone.
E.  limnetic zone.


C.  neritic zone.

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