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Categories: Articles with short description, Coastal geography, Oceanographical terminology

continental slope bathyal zone bathyal district continental margin active continental margin

The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone WordNet 3.0

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The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The bathyal zone or bathypelagic – from Greek βαθύς, deep – is the part of the open ocean that extends from a depth of 1,000 to 4,000 m below the ocean surface. Wikipedia

A continental margin is the outer edge of continental crust abutting oceanic crust under coastal waters. Wikipedia

The zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust Wikipedia Disambiguation

Part of the pelagic zone that extends from a depth of 1000 to 4000 meters below the ocean surface. It lies between the mesopelagic above, and the abyssopelagic below Wikidata

The steep, narrow fringe separating the coastal zone from the deep ocean. Wiktionary

Fringe separating the coastal zone from the deep ocean. Wiktionary (translation)

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