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abyssal (abyssale)

abyssal

les abysses

the abyssal plains

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Abyssal hills have relatively sharply defined edges and climb to heights of no more than a few hundred meters. en.wikipedia.org

The bathymetry of the ocean bottom is marked by fault block ridges, abyssal plains, ocean deeps, and basins. en.wikipedia.org

Despite the low density, there is a fairly diverse community living on the abyssal plain. en.wikipedia.org

Major habitat types are identified: polar, temperate shelves and seas, temperate upwelling, tropical upwelling, tropical coral, pelagic (trades and westerlies), abyssal, and hadal (ocean trench). en.wikipedia.org

Here, then, the term abyssal indifference takes on concrete meaning. en.wikipedia.org

It rises from the abyssal floor about 5000m ft in height. en.wikipedia.org

Echinoderms are found at every ocean depth, from the intertidal zone to the abyssal zone. en.wikipedia.org

Again, abyssal fauna and troglobites, living in deep water or caves as they do, are notoriously prone to adaptive loss of eyes and pigments. en.wikipedia.org

The elements of an active - and growing - oceanic basin include an elevated mid-ocean ridge, flanking abyssal hills leading down to abyssal plains. en.wikipedia.org

An introduction to a sample time-series of abyssal macrobenthos:methods and principal sources of variability. en.wikipedia.org

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