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.
The Missouri state motto is a Latin motto and in English it may be translated as either The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law or Let the good of the people be the supreme law. The Missouri motto has not been officially designated by act of state legislature and is therefore not an official state motto. The Missouri motto has its origin in Roman philosopher and lawyer Marcus Tullius Cicero's work De Legibus (in English, On Laws) (book III - part III - sub. VIII).