aphotic zone

English

Noun

aphotic zone (plural aphotic zones)

1. (oceanography) That part of the deep body of an ocean or lake that receives insufficient sunlight for photosynthesis to be possible.

Translations

that part an ocean or lake that receives insufficient sunlight for photosynthesis

• Dutch: afotische zone
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: zona afótica f

See also

• pelagic zone
• photic zone