HyperDic: bathyal_district

English > 1 sense of the expression *bathyal district*:
NOUN	object	bathyal district, continental slope, bathyal zone	the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone

English > *bathyal district*: 1 sense > noun 1, object
Meaning	The steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone.
Synonyms	continental slope, bathyal zone
Broader	ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom, seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones	The bottom of a sea or ocean
Spanish	talud continental, zona batial