"aphotic zone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: aphotic zones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: aphotic zone Categories (topical): Oceanography Related terms: pelagic zone, photic zone Translations (that part an ocean or lake that receives insufficient sunlight for photosynthesis): 無光帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 无光带 (wúguāng dài) (Chinese Mandarin), afotische zone (Dutch), strefa afotyczna [feminine] (Polish), zona afótica [feminine] (Portuguese), ışığın ulaşamadığı deniz derinliği (Turkish), afotik zon (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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