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Founded in 1876, Texas A&M University is a U.S. public and comprehensive university offering a wide variety of academic programs far beyond its original label of agricultural and mechanical trainings. It is one of the few institutions holding triple federal designations as a land-, sea- and ...
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a relatively shallow, wide depression, the bottom of which usually has a continuous gradient; this term is generally not used for features that have canyon–like characteristics for a significant portion of their extent; also called submarine valley or sea valley.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a relatively smooth, fan–like, depositional feature normally sloping away from the outer termination of a canyon or canyon system; also called a cone.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a sea floor barrier of relatively shallow depth restricting water movement between basins.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a seamount having a comparatively smooth flat top; also called tablemount; see also seamount.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a small local depression, often steep sided, in the sea floor.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a subordinate elevation or ridge protruding from a larger feature, such as a plateau or island foundation.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “a zone adjacent to a continent (or around an island) and extending from the low water line to a depth at which there is usually a marked increase of slope towards oceanic depths.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “an annular depression that may not be continuous, located at the base of many seamounts, oceanic islands and other isolated elevations.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “an elevation of the sea floor, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow, but sufficient for safe surface navigation.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “an elevation somewhat smaller than a seamount and of rounded profile, characteristically isolated or as a cluster on the sea floor; see also hills.”
Industry:Earth science
