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Submarine Canyon

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027107

A general term for all linear, steep-sided valleys on the seafloor. These canyons can be associated with terrestrial or nearshore river inputs, such as in the Hudson or Mississippi canyons.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027107
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027107",
  "term": "Submarine Canyon",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A general term for all linear, steep-sided valleys on the seafloor. These canyons can be associated with terrestrial or nearshore river inputs, such as in the Hudson or Mississippi canyons.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/submarine-canyon/"
}

Record 27,107 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.