| Descriptor English: | Seabed | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Fondo Oceánico
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Fundo Oceânico | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Fond Marin | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Continental Slope Marine Abyss Ocean Floor Oceanic Slope Sea Bed Sea Floor Seabottom Seafloor |
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| Tree number(s): |
SP4.606.775.444 |
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| Scope note: | In the marine environment, the interface between the solid floor and the liquid overlay. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | No qualifiers | ||||||
| Related: |
Benthic Fauna
DeCS Benthic Flora DeCS Coasts DeCS Hydrography DeCS Marine Environment DeCS Oceanography MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 35108 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | DDCS035108 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
Seabed
- Preferred
Continental Slope
- Narrower
Oceanic Slope
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
FD00060964 |
| Scope note | In the marine environment, the interface between the solid floor and the liquid overlay. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990) |
| Preferred term | Seabed |
| Entry term(s) |
Marine Abyss Ocean Floor Sea Bed Sea Floor Seabottom Seafloor |
| Concept UI |
FD00060836 |
| Scope note | Steep slope between the continental shelf and the deep sea. It is defined as the degree of inclination, generally between 200 and 2500 meters. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992) |
| Preferred term | Continental Slope |
| Concept UI |
FD00061038 |
| Preferred term | Oceanic Slope |
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