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.
Esse Quam Videri. The North Carolina state motto is a Latin motto which in English means To be, rather than to seem. The Latin motto originates from a section in Cicero's On Friendship (De Amicitia, chapter 26). The whole phrase is: Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt.. The North Carolina motto was adopted in 1893 which is rather late.