seamount
noun[C]
geologyspecializeduk/ˈsiː.maʊnt/us/ˈsiː.maʊnt/amountainunder thesea:
海(底)山As many as 100,000 seamounts aresubmergedunder theocean.海洋之下淹没着多达10万座海山。
He hasdivedto seamounts withsummitsmore than 3,000feetdown.他曾下潜到海山,山顶向下有3000多英尺深。
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- Thegroupwasstudyingseamounts in theoceansouthof New Caledonia.
- Wavesbreakwhen theyhitanunderwaterobstructionlike areefor seamount.
- Thesefishlivein theopenoceanandreturnto the seamounts tobreed.
Geography: hills & mountains
- acclivity
- craggy
- escarpment
- esker
- highlands
- landform
- Marilyn
- mesa
- mid-ocean ridge
- motte
- pinnacle
- precipitous
- scarp
- slope
- spur
- steep
- the Adirondack Mountains
- the Alaska Range
- the Alps
- the Andes
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