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abyssal plain

noun

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  1. A large expanse of very flat and smooth ocean floor, usually found at depths of 4,600 to…

    A large expanse of very flat and smooth ocean floor, usually found at depths of 4,600 to 5,500 meters (15,000 to 18,000 feet).

    • Innocuous as it sounds, this note was a starting gun for a resource race on the planet’s last vast frontier: the abyssal plains that stretch between continental shelves deep below the oceans.

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