- bathyal district
- nounthe steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone• Syn: ↑continental slope, ↑bathyal zone• Hypernyms:
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nounsee bathyal zone
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bathyal zone — noun the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone • Syn: ↑continental slope, ↑bathyal district • Hypernyms: ↑ocean floor, ↑sea floor, ↑ocean bottom, ↑seabed, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Fathom — unit of length m= 1.8288000 accuracy=5 A fathom is a unit of length in the Imperial system (and the derived U.S. customary units), used especially for measuring the depth of water. There are 2 yards (6 feet) in a fathom. Encyclopædia Britannica… … Wikipedia
continental slope — noun the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone • Syn: ↑bathyal zone, ↑bathyal district • Hypernyms: ↑ocean floor, ↑sea floor, ↑ocean bottom, ↑seabed, ↑sea … Useful english dictionary
Davy Jones's locker — noun the bottom of a sea or ocean • Syn: ↑ocean floor, ↑sea floor, ↑ocean bottom, ↑seabed, ↑sea bottom, ↑Davy Jones • Hypernyms: ↑bed, ↑bottom … Useful english dictionary
ocean bottom — noun the bottom of a sea or ocean • Syn: ↑ocean floor, ↑sea floor, ↑seabed, ↑sea bottom, ↑Davy Jones s locker, ↑Davy Jones • Hypernyms: ↑bed, ↑bottom … Useful english dictionary
ocean floor — noun the bottom of a sea or ocean (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑sea floor, ↑ocean bottom, ↑seabed, ↑sea bottom, ↑Davy Jones s locker, ↑Davy Jones • Hypernyms: ↑bed … Useful english dictionary
sea bottom — noun the bottom of a sea or ocean (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑ocean floor, ↑sea floor, ↑ocean bottom, ↑seabed, ↑Davy Jones s locker, ↑Davy Jones • Hypernyms: ↑bed … Useful english dictionary
sea floor — noun the bottom of a sea or ocean • Syn: ↑ocean floor, ↑ocean bottom, ↑seabed, ↑sea bottom, ↑Davy Jones s locker, ↑Davy Jones • Hypernyms: ↑bed, ↑bottom … Useful english dictionary
abyssal — abyssal, ale, aux [ abisal, o ] adj. • 1885; « dont l immensité est insondable » théol. 1521; du lat. abyssus « abîme » ♦ Géogr. Des grandes profondeurs, qui a rapport aux abysses. ⇒ hadal. Fosses abyssales. Faune abyssale. ⇒ pélagique. ● abyssal … Encyclopédie Universelle
GRANDE-BRETAGNE - Géologie des îles Britanniques — Les îles Britanniques sont constituées de roches dont l’âge s’échelonne du Précambrien ancien (le plus ancien identifié à ce jour en Europe occidentale) jusqu’au Néogène récent et au Quaternaire. Cette succession comporte peu de lacunes: les… … Encyclopédie Universelle
