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 State Motto: Esse Quam Videri. Literal Translation: To be rather than to seem. The motto is a literal translation of a phrase from a sentence in Cicero's On. Friendship (De Amicitia, chapter 26). The complete sentence in Latin is: Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt.