>abyssal: very deep water, beyond the continental rise.
I THINK it is...
Bathyal: 200-1000m
Abyssal: 1000-2000m (or was it 1000-4000?)
Hadal: 2000m+
In places bathyal depths can be within a few hundred meters of the
coast, as is the case south of Kaikoura, NZ, where thehead of the
Kaikouura Canyon almost reaches the shore.
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