Monday 27 July 2015

Depth Of The Zones (2)

Depth of the zones
Euphotic Zone: 200m
high temperature, low nutrients

Mesopelagic zone: 300-1000m
No plants exist in this zone due to lack of light.
Bathypelagic Zone: 700-1000m 
Low dissolved oxygen & low nutrients
Abyssopelagic  Zone: 2000-4000m
Temperatures around 2 °C to 3 °C,   Very dark
Hadalpelagic & Benthic zone: 6000-10000m
Oceanic trenches, pressure in the hadal zone exceeds 1,100 standard atmospheres (110 MPa; 16,000 psi) and temperature of water is slightly above freezing.

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