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.
North Carolina's official State motto is esse quam videri which is Latin and means To be, rather than to seem (to be). Car Licence plates in North Carolina carry the motto Fiâ¦rst in Flight. commemorating the Wright Brothers first flight in a powered heavier than air machine on 3rd December 1903.