Oceanography Vocabulary

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An under sea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.

A smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor.

the movement of water and sediment down a beach caused by waves coming into shore at an angle.

A rush of water that flows rapidly back to sea.

A large stream of moving water that flows through the ocean.

The movement of cold water upward.

A gently sloping, shallow area of ocean floor that expands outward from the edge of a continent.

A device that measures the distance of an object under water by recording echoes of sound waves.