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What does the word maritime mean as used in the passage?


The Great Bahama Banks
The unevenness of the lay of the land of the Bahama Banks (and the same is true also of the southern portion of Florida, the Yucatan
peninsula, and of nearly all of the submarine plateaus or banks in West India waters) is largely due to the maritime life such as the coral reefs
and the coral rock formed on these
features. The outer portion of the continental shelf, in most instances, is formed of soft,
opical seas, the depth and clearness of the water are favorable. As a result, the reef-building
corals.
unconsolidated calcareous mud or o
coral-polyps become attached and fo
coastal
temporal
oceanic
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