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NATURAL WORLD FACTS
The Zones
Mesopelagic Zone
Bathypelagic Zone
Abyssopelagic Zone
THE DEEP SEA ZONES
THE OCEANS ARE DIVIDED INTO TWO BROAD REALMS; THE PELAGIC AND THE BENTHIC. PELAGIC REFERS TO THE OPEN WATER IN WHICH SWIMMING AND FLOATING ORGANISMS LIVE. ORGANISMS LIVING THERE ARE CALLED THE PELAGOS. FROM THE SHALLOWEST TO THE DEEPEST, BIOLOGISTS DIVIDE THE PELAGIC INTO THE EPIPELAGIC, THE MESOPELAGIC, THE BATHYPELAGIC, THE ABYSSOPELAGIC AND THE DEEPEST, THE HADOPELAGIC.
71%
71%
Oceans cover most of Earth's surface.
71%
90%
3-5%
Oceans cover 71% of the Earth's surface.
More than 90% of the ocean's habitat exists in the deep sea.
We have explored less than 5% of the Earth's Oceans.
CONTENTS
Epipelagic
Hadopelagic
Challeger Deep
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