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seabed Definition

sea·bed (bed′)

noun

the ocean floor, esp. the areas with rich mineral or oil deposits

seabed Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • dredge: Dredging the seabed: The most contaminated areas of the seabed would be dredged and the particles separated for storage and disposal.
  • litter: Virtual visitors will be able to see hundreds of artifacts from the wreck littering the seabed.
  • surround: Depth ranges from 29m on the surrounding seabed to an average of 25m on the top of the reef.
  • reach: At 25m barely any light was reaching the seabed.
  • map: Since the 1940s, rapid advances have been made in the use of sound to map the seabed.
  • survey: Surveying the seabed Sound is used to survey the seabed.

Preposition: at

  • depth: Lying upright on the seabed at a depth of some 20 m with the bow facing NNE.

Adjective modifier

  • sandy: These funny looking fish actually dig deep burrows in the sandy seabed.
  • rocky: The suckers on the end of the tube feet mean that urchins can attach very securely to the rocky seabed.
  • muddy: The prawns are further offshore in areas with a muddy seabed.
  • flat: They settle on other worm tubes, building large mounds that eventually transform a flat sandy gravelly seabed into an extensive reef.
  • shallow: Seacore has over 25 years experience of seabed sampling from shallow seabed sampling to depths in excess of 1,000m below seabed for coal exploration.

Modifies a noun

  • transponder: The accuracy of the LBL in deepwater is a result of the geometry of the seabed transponder array.
  • sediment: Ideally, they should be combined with some seabed sediment sampling.
  • roughness: They are the outcome of factors such as water depth and seabed roughness affecting frictional forces.
  • topography: To gain more insight into this critical issue changes in seabed topography occurring over the full active profile " envelope " are required.
  • mapping: With experienced staff covering all aspects of seabed mapping we can offer the best services available in the market.
  • habitat: Y Y 1.3 First seabed habitat map for northwest Europe Compile the maps from Action 1.1 into GIS applications for each country.

Noun used with modifier

  • gravel: There is no space under the bridge, which lies totally to the gravel seabed level.

Preposition: in

  • area: The answer lies in the many wrecks on the seabed in an area that is closer to home for many divers than Scapa Flow.

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