shallow

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Squid and cuttlefish live in environments ranging from deep ocean waters to shallow coastal regions.

From Science Daily

He closed his eye and, surrounded by the silence of Deadwood, let his undead lungs assume a shallow rhythm.

From Literature

After such an event, the landscape collapses into a broad, relatively shallow crater known as a caldera.

From Science Daily

Kharg experienced major development during Iran's oil boom in the 1960s and 1970s because much of the coastline on the mainland was too shallow to accommodate supertankers.

From Barron's

It may freeze directly to the shoreline, anchor to shallow areas of the seafloor, or connect with grounded ice ridges.

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