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

"The area we're focused on, where these rocks sit, is the abyssal zone," says Mr Barron.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2024

Then, in May, a study published in Nature Climate Change, led by Australian scientists, used measurements from ships and buoys to show that the flow of abyssal water slowed almost 30% from 1992 to 2017.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023

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