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abyssal plains

abyssal plains is the plural of abyssal plain.

Meaning of abyssal plain

Noun

abyssal plain (plural abyssal plains)

  1. A large expanse of very flat and smooth ocean floor, usually found at depths of 4,600 to 5,500 meters (15,000 to 18,000 feet).
    • Innocuous as it sounds, this note was a starting gun for a resource race on the planet’s last vast frontier: the abyssal plains that stretch between continental shelves deep below the oceans.2021 September 27, Jonathan Watts, “Race to the bottom: the disastrous, blindfolded rush to mine the deep sea”, in The Guardian

Questions about abyssal plains

What is abyssal plains the plural of?
Abyssal plains is the plural of abyssal plain.

Words near abyssal plains in the dictionary

  1. abyssal
  2. abyssal blue
  3. abyssal fish
  4. abyssal fishes
  5. abyssal plain
  6. abyssal plains
  7. abyssal rock
  8. abyssal rocks
  9. abyssal zone
  10. abyssalbenthic
  11. abyssally

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