Title English:
abyssal plain
Definition English:
Abyssal plain, flat seafloor area at an abyssal depth (3,000 to 6,000 m [10,000 to 20,000 feet]), generally adjacent to a continent. These submarine surfaces vary in depth only from 10 to 100 cm per kilometre of horizontal distance. Irregular in outline but generally elongate along continental margins, the larger plains are hundreds of kilometres wide and thousands of kilometres long.
Title Arabic:
سهل سحيق
Title French:
plaine abyssale
Domain:
Sustainable Development
Subject:
Water Resources
InformationType:
Term
SourceSymbol:
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