abyssal

  • 21Abyssal zone — Abyssal A*byss al, a. [Cf. {Abysmal}.] Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. [1913 Webster] {Abyssal zone} (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants,… …

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  • 22Abyssal rattail — Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling Scientific classification Kingdom: Anim …

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  • 23Abyssal channel — Abyssal channels are channels in Earth s sea floor. They are formed by fast flowing floods of turbid water caused by avalanches near the channel s head, with the sediment carried by the water causing a a build up of the surrounding abyssal plains …

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  • 24abyssal floor — abyssal plain …

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  • 25abyssal zone — n. the ecological zone along the deep ocean floor between the bathyal and hadal zones …

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  • 26abyssal hill — ▪ geology       small, topographically well defined submarine hill that may rise from several metres to several hundred metres above the abyssal seafloor, in water 3,000 to 6,000 m (10,000 to 20,000 feet) deep. Typical hills have diameters of… …

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  • 27abyssal plain — Flat seafloor area at a depth of 10,000–20,000 ft (3,000–6,000 m), generally adjacent to a continent. The larger plains are hundreds of miles wide and thousands of miles long. The plains are largest and most common in the Atlantic Ocean, less… …

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  • 28Abyssal Throne — Infobox Album Name = Abyssal Throne Type = EP Artist = Sympathy Released = August 1, 2005 Recorded = Tech Centre Studios, Caronport, Sasketchewan, 2005 Genre = Technical death metal, Blackened death metal Length = 22:39 Label = Momentum… …

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  • 29Abyssal (Envy album) — Infobox Album | Name = Abyssal Type = EP Artist = Envy Genre = Hardcore Screamo Post rock Label = Sonzai Records Length = 25:20 Producer = Recorded = Released = November 7, 2007 Reviews = Last album = Insomniac Doze (2006) This album = Abyssal… …

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  • 30Abyssal zone — Zone one (z[=o]n), n. [F. zone, L. zona, Gr. zw nh; akin to zwnny nai to gird, Lith. j[*u]sta a girdle, j[*u]sti to gird, Zend y[=a]h.] 1. A girdle; a cincture. [Poetic] [1913 Webster] An embroidered zone surrounds her waist. Dryden. [1913… …

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