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coastal zone

Warm, nutrient-rich, shallow part of the ocean that extends from the high-tide mark on land to the edge of a shelf like extension of continental land masses known as the continental shelf. Compare open sea.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 7 - Aquatic Ecology: Biodiversity in Aquatic Ecosystems [2]

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