abyssal
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On the seafloor, you can find canyons, volcanoes and vast abyssal planes.
From Salon • May 21, 2025
An underwater earthquake or a landslide can snap the cable deep in the abyssal zone.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
As Alvin is deployed elsewhere, the deeper range will also put sites such as abyssal plains in reach, says Jeffrey Marlow, an environmental microbiologist at Boston University.
From Science Magazine • May 21, 2024
A group of British scientists is currently surveying species on the abyssal plain in the eastern Pacific.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024
The hurried search of the decks, her frustration ceding to worry and abyssal panic when she realized the Assassin was no longer on board.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Vocabulary lists containing abyssal
Earth Science - Middle School
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Earth Science - High School
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Oceanography - Middle School
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