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 great advantage the world has as it decides how to proceed with mining on the abyssal plain is that regulation is being made before the industry has started, Dr Glover said.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2024

These eddies are like giant whirlpools and often reach the abyssal seafloor, resulting in seafloor erosion and large sediment accumulations called contourites, akin to snowdrifts.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 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