HYDROTHERMAL VENT


Meaning of HYDROTHERMAL VENT in English

noun

: a fissure in the ocean floor near a midocean ridge that spews forth mineral-rich superheated water which provides the metabolic essentials (as sulfur) for nearby ecosystems containing hyperthermophilic chemosynthetic microorganisms

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