oceanography Crossword

found at depths between 3000 and 6000 m
a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean floor, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone.
aquatic animals that are able to swim and move independently of water currents.
are a diverse group of organisms that live in the water column of large bodies of water and that cannot swim against a current.
the flora and fauna found on the bottom, or in the bottom sediments, of a sea, lake
a mountain rising from the ocean seafloor that does not reach to the water's surface
directed movement of seawater generated by forces acting upon this mean flow
a disturbance in the ocean that transmits energy from one place to another.
measure of all the salts dissolved in water.
The gravitational attraction of the moon causes the oceans to bulge out in the direction of the moon.
consists of muds and silts, and is often crosscut by submarine canyons.
underwater landmass which extends from a continent