aphotic zone

English

Noun

aphotic zone (plural aphotic zones)

1. (oceanography) That part of the deep body of an ocean or lake that receives insufficient sunlight for photosynthesis to be possible.

Translations

that part an ocean or lake that receives insufficient sunlight for photosynthesis

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無光帶／无光带 (wúguāng dài)

• Dutch: afotische zone
• Polish: strefa afotyczna f
• Portuguese: zona afótica f
• Turkish: ışığın ulaşamadığı deniz derinliği, afotik zon

See also

• pelagic zone
• photic zone