isobath

The definition of an isobath is a contour line on a map that shows all points with a particular depth of water.

(noun)

An example of isobath is the line on a map that someone would use to view places in the Indian Ocean with the same water depth.

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See isobath in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a contour line on a map connecting points of equal depth in a body of water or below the earth's surface

Origin: < iso- + Gr bathos, depth

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