The shape of the land. Ocean basins are that part of Earth's surface that extends seaward from the continental margins (the submerged outer edges of continents, each composed of a continental shelf and a continental slope). Basins lie at an average water depth of about 12,450 feet (3,795 meters).
Share. Harry Truman's famous motto, the buck stops here â which was emblazoned on a thirteen-inch sign that sat on his Oval Office desk â is receiving a lot of renewed interest today.
Esse quam videri - To be, rather than to seem In 1893 the North Carolina General Assembly adopted the Latin words Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem) as the state motto and directed that these words be placed with the state's Coat of Arms and the date 20 May, 1775 upon the great seal.