Seabed
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The seabed (also sea floor, seafloor, or ocean floor) is the bottom of the ocean. Seabeds are often home to a wealth of oceanic life, including fish, crustaceans, and seaweed. Coral reefs can also be found in shallower parts of the seabed.
[edit] =See also
- Continental shelf
- Continental slope
- Seamounts
- Mid-ocean ridge
- Oceanic trench
- Volcanic islands
- Abyssal plain
[edit] External links
- The ocean floor
- Age of the Ocean Floor Poster. NOAA (March 7, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-14.