Balconet of a square neckline. The name "balconette" came from men in the balcony of a theatre looking down upon women. A balconette bra could not be seen from above. Balconet A balconet or balconette is an architectural term to describe a false balcony, or railing at the outer plane of a window-opening reaching to the floor, and having, when the window is open, the appearance of a balcony. They are common in France, Portugal, Spain, and Italy. They are often referred to as Juliet balconies after the scene from Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet". A prominent example of a balconette
Continental shelf frequent earthquakes that move sediment to the deep sea. The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope (called the "shelf break"). The sea floor below the break is the "continental slope". Below the slope is the "continental rise", which finally merges into the deep ocean floor, the abyssal plain. The continental shelf and the slope are part of the continental margin. The shelf area is commonly subdivided into the "inner continental shelf", "mid continental shelf", and "outer continental shelf", each with their specific geomorphology and marine biology. The character of the shelf changes dramatically at the shelf break,