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Abyssal: referring to the deep sea or
abyss
Bank: an undersea elevation rising from
the continental shelf
Bathymetry: the measurement of depths of
water in oceans, seas, and lakes
Bay: a small body of water set off from
the main body; an inlet of the sea usually smaller
than a gulf
Benthic: near or on the bottom
Canyon: a deep narrow valley with steep
sides and often with a stream flowing through
it
Cape: a point or extension of land
jutting out into water as a peninsula or point
Continental Shelf: an old, wave-cut
terrace gently sloping seaward
Continental Slope: beyond the shelf, the
slope descends more steeply into the ocean
shelf
Creek: a stream of water smaller than a
river, often a tributary to a river
Davidson Current: warm ocean current
flowing northward between the shoreline and the
California Current along the west coast of the U.S.
during winter months
Detritus: particles of debris from
decaying plants and animals
Ecology: scientific discipline involving
interrelationships among animals, plants and their
environment
Estuary: where river currents meet and
are influenced by oceanic tides
Fan: (also called an alluvial fan)
deposits from a stream that form a gently sloping
fan-shaped sediments, often seen at the base of a
hill or gorge
Geography: the science or the study of
earth and its life; a description of land, sea, air
and the distribution of plant and animal life
including people and cities
Geology: the science or the study of the
earth and its history as recorded in rocks
Gulf: a part of the ocean or sea
extending into the land
Hydrology: the science or the study of
bodies of water such as the measurement of flow in
streams
Island: land surrounded on all sides by
water and smaller than a continent
Latitude: the angular distance north or
south of the equator, measured in degrees along a
meridian, a on a map or globe
Longitude: the angular distance on the
earth, as on a globe or map, east or west of the
prime meridian at Greenwich, England, to the point
on the earth's surface for which the longitude is
being ascertained, expressed in degrees, or in
hours, minutes or second
Meander: a turn or winding area of a
stream
Mount: a high hill
Midden: a refuse heap, a dump, especially
referring to Indian kitchen middens
Oceanography: study of the physics,
chemistry, biology and geology of the worlds
oceans
Peak: the top of a hill or mountain
ending in a point
Pelagic: of the open oceans
Plankton: plants and animals that swim
weakly, or not at all, and drift with ocean
currents
Point: a projecting area of land or a
sharp prominence
Predator: a animal that kills and eats
other animals
Range: a series of mountains
Ridge: (on land) a range of hills or
mountains (on the ocean floor) an elongated
elevation on the ocean bottom
River: a natural stream of water usually
large and long
Sanctuary: a safe place of refuge and
protection
Sea Level: the level of the surface of
the sea; a mid-point between the high and low
tide
Seamount: a submarine mountain rising
above the deep sea floor
Stakeholder: a citizen with a vested
interest in a certain resource
Submarine Canyon: a long, narrow,
steep-walled undersea valley
Substrate: any surface on which a plant
or animal lives or on which a material sticks
Taxonomy: scientific classification of
animals and plants
Transect: a monitoring research technique
that marks a transverse along which measurements
can be taken
Topography: a graphical representation of
the physical features of a place or region on a
map
Valley: a long, low area of land usually
between hills or mountains drained by a river
Watershed: a region or area connected by
a body of water, rivers and drainage
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