abyssal

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On the seafloor, you can find canyons, volcanoes and vast abyssal planes.

From Salon

Along with others in the mining industry, he disputes the environmental claims made and has argued that the abyssal zone - 3,000m to 6,000m below sea level - has very low concentrations of life.

From BBC

An underwater earthquake or a landslide can snap the cable deep in the abyssal zone.

From Los Angeles Times

At least 400 million years old, the family of lucinid clams inhabits a wide variety of habitats, from beautiful beaches to the dark abyssal depths.

From Science Daily

MBARI's Continental Margin Processes Team, led by Senior Scientist Charlie Paull, investigates how the morphology of the continental margin -- where the continental shelf transitions to the abyssal plain -- is sculpted and changed over time.

From Science Daily