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The clearest waters are in the South Pacific Gyre. At this place, the sunlight can still be measured at 200-250m depth at maximum. Abyssal plains are at 3000-4000 m depth... so no the sunlight doesn't reach the abyssal plains, it is very far from that!
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What are low areas of earth that are filled with water?
abyssal plains
What are some abiotic factors in the abyssal zone?
amount of sunlight water pressure and temperature
Which ocean zone is characterized by high water pressure low temperatures and no sunlight?
Abyssal Zone
Which type of terrigenous sediment is most likely to be deposited in abyssal plains?
Seaweed, coral, and corps
Abyssal plains with sediments covering the seafloor igneous rocks are more extensive in the central Pacific basin than in the North Atlantic?
False.
Why are abyssal plains important in features of the ocean floor?
Abyssal plains are important in features of the ocean floor because they are geological elements of oceanic basins. Abyssal plains can slope or lay flat against the ocean floor.
Where are abyssal plains?
the bottom of the ocean
Abyssal hills are found on the seafloor between?
abyssal plains and mid-ocean ridges
Are the flattest places on Earth?
Abyssal plains
Does kelp live on the abyssal plain?
yes kelp lives on the abyssal plains kelp lives every where
What are the flattesto ocean places on earth?
Abyssal plains
Which location is the flatest part of the ocean?
The abyssal plain is the flat area of the ocean floor.
What is the deep flat part of ocean floor?
Abyssal plain. It is the very level area of the deep ocean floor, usually lying at the foot of the continental rise.
What represents the flattest part of Earth's surface?
Abyssal plains
Which ocean formation is relatively flat and runs parallel to each continent?
Abyssal plains...Moodie perfect....ha!! Abyssal plains are relatively flat and run parallel to each continent
Which region are thought to be most level places on earth?
The Abyssal plains.
Formed from silt deposited by rivers that empty into the ocean?
abyssal plains
