SUBLITTORAL

(1) Situated, occurring, or formed on the aquatic side of a shoreline or Littoral Zone. (2) The deeper part of the Littoral portion of a body of water. (3) The region in a lake between the deepest-growing rooted vegetation and the part of the lake below the Thermocline. (4) The region in an ocean between the lowest point exposed by a low tide and the margin of the Continental Shelf.