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Salinity
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Containing or impregnated with salt
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sonar
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A system for the detection of objects under water using sound ans sound waves.
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Seamount
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A submarine mountain
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trench
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A long, narrow ditch.
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continental slope
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The slope between the outer edge of the Continental shelf and the ocean floor.
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continental shelf
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The area of seabed around a large land mass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean.
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abyssal plain
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an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3000 and 6000 meters.
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mid-ocean ridge
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A long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin.
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