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13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?

Drawing of the oceanic crust and the continental crust that does take into account the density of each.

Fig 13.6

This model of isostasy combines concepts from both of the previous models (differing densities and thicknesses), and still has the proper elevation difference. It is a more reasonable approximation of what occurs on Earth.