oceanic trench

English

Noun

oceanic trench (plural oceanic trenches)

(geology, oceanography) A hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depression of the seabed.

Translations

depression of the sea floor

Czech: podmořský příkop m
Finnish: syvänmeren hauta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dyphavsgrop m, f

Nynorsk: djuphavsgrop f

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