"photic zone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: photic zones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} photic zone (plural photic zones)
  1. The part of the near-surface body of an ocean or lake that receives enough sunlight for photosynthesis to be possible. Wikipedia link: photic zone Related terms: pelagic zone, aphotic zone Translations (that part an ocean or lake that receives sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis): 透光帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 透光带 (tòuguāng dài) (Chinese Mandarin), fotische zone (Dutch), strefa fotyczna [feminine] (Polish), zona fótica [feminine] (Portuguese), deniz suyunda ışığın ulaşabildiği derinlik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-photic_zone-en-noun-oXSPo8qA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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