ridge, abyssal plains cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface. They are among the flattest, smoothest, and least explored regions on Earth. Abyssal plains...

The Sohm Abyssal Plain is in the North Atlantic and has an area of around 900,000 square kilometres (350,000 sq mi). It is located off the coast of the...

rise and a mid-ocean ridge, abyssal plains are among the flattest, smoothest and least explored regions on Earth. Abyssal plains are key geologic elements...

The Euxine abyssal plain is a physiographic province of the Black Sea, an abyssal plain in its central parts. Its name comes from the Ancient Greek name...

The abyssal zone or abyssopelagic zone is a layer of the pelagic zone of the ocean. The word abyss comes from the Greek word ἄβυσσος (ábussos), meaning...

The Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) is located in international waters, adjacent to the Irish continental margin. The PAP lies beyond the Porcupine Bank's...

accumulated sediments that lies between the continental slope and the abyssal plain. It is a major part of the continental margin, covering around 10% of...

The Argentine Abyssal Plain forms part of the Argentine Basin off the east coast of Argentina. It comprises the deepest sections of the basin on the western...

Madeira Abyssal Plain, also called Madeira Plain, is an abyssal plain situated at the center and deepest part of the Canary Basin. It is a north-northeast...

demersal fish living on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, even on the abyssal plain. It is one of the deepest-dwelling fish known. This solitary fish grows...

depositional plains include: Abyssal plains, flat or very gently sloping areas of the deep ocean basin. Planitia /pləˈnɪʃiə/, the Latin word for plain, is used...

abyssal plain – a topographic plain, the beginning of the seabed, and its main area. The border between the continental slope and the abyssal plain usually...

eroding the continental slope and finally depositing sediment onto the abyssal plain, where the particles settle out. About 3% of submarine canyons include...

The Haunted from Revolver Abyssal plain, a flat area on the ocean floor Abyssal zone, a deep extent of the sea Into the Abyss (disambiguation) Bezdna (disambiguation)...

The Balearic Sea (endotoponym: Mar Balear in Catalan and Spanish) also known as Iberian Sea, is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea between the Balearic...

Laurentian cone region, bound by the Laurentian Channel and the Sohm Abyssal Plain. The approximate coordinates are 43°40′N 56°10′W / 43.667°N 56.167°W...

An abyssal hill is a small hill that rises from the floor of an abyssal plain. They are the most abundant geomorphic structures on Earth, covering more...

Max Carl Wilhelm Weber van Bosse or Max Wilhelm Carl Weber (5 December 1852 – 7 February 1937) was a German-Dutch zoologist and biogeographer. Weber studied...

The Adriatic Abyssal Plain, more commonly referred to as the Adriatic Basin, is an oceanic basin under the Adriatic Sea. The Adriatic Sea's average depth...

Estremadura Spur. South of the Gorringe Bank is the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain. This plain extends south to the Ampere and Coral Patch Seamounts, the Madeira...

The Greenland Abyssal Plain at 75°N 3°W / 75°N 3°W / 75; -3 (Greenland Abyssal Plain) is a bathymetric depression in the Greenland Sea. It is delimited...

the 19th century from the Madeira Abyssal Plain, and subsequent specimens have been found in other abyssal plains of both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...

average depth of the gulf is roughly 1,615 metres (5,299 ft). The Sigsbee Abyssal Plain is the deepest and flattest sector of the deep basin. The use of "Sigsbee"...

widespread, with species that live in the coldest ocean temperatures of the abyssal plain, to forms which tolerate the extremely high temperatures near hydrothermal...

Indonesia. It was also known[when?] as the Argo Plain; another suggested[by whom?] name is the Argo Abyssal Plain. It was discovered by the U.S. research vessel...

Wrangellia Terrane (Northeast Pacific) Yermak Plateau (Arctic) Oceans portal Abyssal plain Bathymetry Glossary of landforms Ocean bank IHO 2013, pp. 2–12 Harris...

spreading involved a triple junction in the Minerva Abyssal Plain and some disagreement if the Kupe Plain Abyssal spreading was a westward or eastward trend....

shelf. The continental margin, between the continental shelf and the abyssal plain, comprises a steep continental slope, surrounded by the flatter continental...

not recognized as distinct from the abyssal zone, although the deepest sections were sometimes called "ultra-abyssal". During the early 1950s, the Danish...

foraminiferal ooze that had dried into dust and been blown about on the hot dry abyssal plain by sandstorms, mixed with quartz sand blown in from nearby continents...