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Definition of Neritic zone
1. Noun. The ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neritic Zone
Literary usage of Neritic zone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"... low water and the neritic zone beyond that. From the edge of the continental
shelf the "continental slope" descends to the deep sea (200 to 2400 meters, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Special conditions of wind and current may of course carry into the neritic zone
forms which are characteristic of the open sea, and vice versa. ..."
3. The Geology of the Coama-Guayama District, Porto Rico by Edwin Thomas Hodge (1920)
"... as shown in Porto Rico at the present time, limestones are laid down not only
in the neritic zone, but commonly in the zone between high and low tides, ..."
4. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"... (a) that of the shore between high and low tide (shore zone) and (b) that
permanently submerged even at low water (neritic zone) (Fig. 438). ..."
5. Around the World by Angelo Heilprin (1894)
"... we have further information concerning the colors of the animals living in
the deeper parts of the neritic zone, another explanation may be forthcoming. ..."
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