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Meanings of abyssal zone in English

Russian
абиссаль
Portuguese
oceano profundo
Spanish
profundidad abisal
Catalan
zona abissal

Layer of the pelagic zone of the ocean; the deeper part of the midnight zone which starts in the bathypelagic waters above, the area below the abyssal zone is the sparsely inhabited hadal zone.

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абиссаль
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Usage of abyssal zone in English
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To oceanographers, Challenger Deep is beyond the what they call the Abyssal zone.
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