SUBLITTORAL


Meaning of SUBLITTORAL in English

I. “+ adjective

Etymology: sub- + littoral

: situated, occurring, or formed on the watery side of a shoreline or littoral zone

sublittoral deposits

: constituting the sublittoral

a distinct sublittoral zone

II. noun

: the deeper part of the littoral portion of a body of water:

a. : the region in an ocean between the lowest point exposed by a low-low tide and the margin of the continental shelf

b. : the region in a lake between the deepest-growing rooted vegetation and the hypolimnion

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