A fathom is exactly equal to 6 feet, or approximately 1.8288 meters.

Páll Einarsson

At 18:17 22.1.2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear CONCHLers,
>I have some troubles in the translation of some usual english terms
>referred to the depth in wich molluscs could be found. I think I understand
>them more or less, but I wnat not to make some mistake.
>What is the diference between tide line and intertidal zone? Is this tide
>line upper tide or lower tide line? or something between?
>When you use the term offshore, are you pointing just the line where water
>and land contact or something more? (let´s say two feet deep)
>What depth do you consider "shallow waters" and "deep waters"?
>And after all that, could somebody tell me the equivalence in meters of a
>fathom?
>Tank you very much.
>>From a sunny Malaga (17º C),
>
>Alfonso Pina
>Malaga
>Spain
>
>
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