the seabed

noun

: the ground that is at the bottom of the sea

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Deep waters off the West Coast are better suited for floating projects than those that are anchored in the seabed, officials said. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025 These include unmanned aerial observation of ocean weather systems, geological process detection, studies of deep-sea biological ecology, and advanced coring tasks that reach as deep as 30 meters (98 feet) into the seabed. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2025 In the Clarion–Clipperton Zone of the Pacific, a small test carried out in 1979 left the seabed scraped bare of polymetallic nodules. Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Researchers say mining may harm biodiversity on the seabed, and plumes of debris may threaten filter feeders including some fishes and whales. Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for the seabed

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“The seabed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20seabed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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