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.
[USA] [Missouri state motto: Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law.]pol. [Motto des US-Staates Montana: Gold und Silber] Oro y plata [USA] [Montana state motto: Gold and silver]pol. [Motto des US-Staates New Mexico: Es wÃ¤chst, wÃ¤hrend es vorangeht.] Crescit eundo. [USA] [New Mexico state motto: It grows as it goes.]pol. [Motto des US-Staates Nord-Dakota: Freiheit und Union, heute und fÃ¼r immer, eins und unzertrennlich] Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable [USA] [North Dakota state motto]pol. [Motto des US-Staates Oregon: Sie fliegt mit ihren eigenen FlÃ¼geln.] Alis volat propriis.