seabed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of seabed
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Bottom trawling involves dragging weighted nets along the seabed to catch fish, although it can harm underwater vegetation.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Then, there was the issue of building the project on Alaska’s North Slope, dredging an enormous amount of seabed and securing icebreaker tankers to chart paths in the Arctic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Others suggested that volcanic activity had caused part of the seabed to collapse, producing a structure that only appeared to be an impact crater.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
The sunken helicopter had been "damaged beyond repair" and was recovered from the seabed in two major sections on 12 and 23 September 2024.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Underneath the surface, the coral on the seabed glinted with myriad colors, bony fingers of bright oranges, yellows, and pinks speckled by shoals of darting red-striped fish.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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