bathyal

American

[bath-ee-uhl] / ˈbæθ i əl /

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 4,000 meters).

bathyal British

/ ˈbæθɪəl /

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 Scientific

/ 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).

Etymology

Origin of bathyal

First recorded in 1925–30; bathy- + -al ¹

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Bathyal, relating to the deepest seas The bathyal depths of the ocean Hold creatures that will never see the sky.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021

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