The two relatively flat areas on the hypsometric curve represent:
A) continental mountains and abyssal plains.
B) continental mountains and mid-ocean ridges.
C) continental slopes and deep-sea trenches.
D) some interior continental areas/coastal plains and abyssal plains.
E) some interior continental areas/coastal plains and mid-ocean ridges.
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