bathyal

[bath-ee-uh l]

adjective Oceanography.

of or relating to the biogeographic region of the ocean bottom between the sublittoral and abyssal zones: from depths of approximately 660 to 13,000 feet (200 to 4000 meters).

Origin of bathyal

First recorded in 1925–30; bathy- + -al¹

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British Dictionary definitions for bathyal

bathyal

adjective

denoting or relating to an ocean depth of between 200 and 2000 metres (about 100 and 1000 fathoms), corresponding to the continental slope

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bathyal in Science

bathyal

[băth′ē-əl]

Relating to the region of the ocean bottom between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, from depths of approximately 200 to 2,000 m (656 to 6,560 ft).