Deep-sea bed

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• Altitude zones (terrestrial and marine)Habitat type other information (1 records)
• Marine depth zones, more detailed than altitude zonesHabitat type other information (1 records)

  Name	Description
  >200m	>200m

  
  
• Climate zones (no records)
• Geomorphology typesHabitat type other information (3 records)

  Name	Description
  Deep ocean trenches	The deepest parts of the ocean found in arc-shaped depressions in the ocean floor. Long V-shaped trenches bordering the seaward edge of volcanic island arcs, having lengths of up to thousands of kilometres, generally hundreds of kilometres wide, and extending 3 to 4 km (1.9–2.5 mi) deeper than the surrounding ocean floor.
  Submarine channels	Canyons, channels, slope failures and slumps but not deep ocean trenches
  Open sea	Marine areas away from the shore

  
  
• Substrate typesHabitat type other information (5 records)

  Name	Description
  Bedrock	Unfragmented rock
  Hard	Hard substrate undefined
  Mobile	n/a
  Biogenic	Substrate formed by living or recently dead organisms eg maerl, coral, mussels, plants
  Mixed	Mixed substrate types

  
  
• Dominant life forms (no records)
• Percentage cover by vegetation (no records)
• Characteristics of wetness/drynessHabitat type other information (1 records)

  Name	Description
  Aquatic	Open or free-standing fresh or saline water

  
  
• Characteristics of water flow, source and quality (no records)
• Salinity values, for marine habitats only (no records)
• Exposure types (no records)
• Acidity, salinity, trophic status (no records)
• Characterising temperature (no records)
• Light intensity (no records)
• Spatial parameters of size and shape (no records)
• Temporal parameters (no records)
• Human activities and impacts (no records)
• Levels of habitat usage (no records)