Bathyal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbæθi.əl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bathyal is an adjective meaning Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres.
Meaning
Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres.
Example Sentences
Accessory benthic foraminiferal events reported by Berggren and Miller (1989) to occur in the late Eocene are the migrations into the bathyal realm from the neritic realm of planulinids and siphoninids.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include suboceanic, profundal, underwater, subtidal, circumlittoral, inframedian.
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