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.
ROOTED IN HISTORY: The Genealogy of Harry S. Truman. So wrote President Harry Truman to his cousin Mary Ethel Noland in March 1952. He was commenting on the coat of arms marked Tremaine that another cousin, Ralph Truman, had brought to the President. But, he conceded, Maybe I'm wrong.