a contour line on a map connecting points of equal depth in a body of water or below the earth's surface
Origin of isobath
from iso- + Classical Greek bathos, depthisobath
iso·bath
noun
The definition of an isobath is a contour line on a map that shows all points with a particular depth of water.
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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