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Salinity
salt; the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
Sonar
A system for the detection of objects under water and for measuring the water's depth by emitting sound pulses and detecting or measurement
seamount
is a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface
trench
A long, narrow ditch.
continental slope
the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone
continental shelf
the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent
abyssal plain
is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3000 and 6000 meters.
mid-ocean ridge
is general term for an underwater mountain system that consists of various mountain ranges