oceanic trench

English

Noun

oceanic trench (plural oceanic trenches)

(geology, oceanography) A hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depression of the seabed.

Translations

depression of the sea floor

Catalan: fossa marina f, fossa oceànica f
Czech: podmořský příkop m
Finnish: syvänmeren hauta
German: Tiefseerinne f
Korean: 해구(海溝) (haegu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dyphavsgrop m or f

Nynorsk: djuphavsgrop f
Russian: глубоково́дный жёлоб m (glubokovódnyj žólob), океани́ческий жёлоб m (okeaníčeskij žólob)

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