continental rise ENVO ENVO:00000274 FTT:534 Geonames:U.CRSU TGN:23110 The continental rise is below the continental slope, but landward of the abyssal plains. Its gradient is intermediate between the slope and the shelf, on the order of 0.5-1. Extending as far as 500 km from the slope, it consists of thick sediments deposited by turbidity currents from the shelf and slope. Sediment cascades down the slope and accumulates as a pile of sediment at the base of the slope, called the continental rise. Wikipedia:Continental_rise continental rise slope