The hadal zone, or hadalpelagic zone, is any deep sea trench 19,686ft or further from the surface. Almost all oceanic life exists in the epipelagic zone, between 0ft and 656ft deep.

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It lies in the hadal zone beyond the abyssal zone, and plunges down to a water depth of around 11 kilometres. "The hadal zone extends from around six kilometres to the deepest seafloor.

The deep sea, covering approximately 65% of Earth's surface, has long been considered a biological desert. In this extreme environment—particularly in the hadal zone at depths greater than 6,000 ...

The hadal zone is largely comprised of deep trenches caused by tectonic plate subduction that drive the vast abyssal plains steeply down to depths of 11,000 metres in ... animals thrive, ...

Creatures in the hadal zone of the Kermadec Trench, New Zealand. Related Content. Similar programmes ...

Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by Paraliparis selti sp. nov. (Perciformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific. Marine Biodiversity , 2022; 52 (5 ...

Fish are the only animals with a backbone that live in the hadal zone--defined as depths below 6,000 meters--and hadal snailfishes live in at least five separate marine trenches.

“Situated between the Southern and Atlantic Oceans, these islands are part of a rich mosaic of tectonic forces that create geologic features such as hadal zone trenches, underwater volcanoes ...

This finding expands knowledge about the biodiversity of kinorhynchs in hadal environments—those deeper than 6,000 meters—and adds to a small group of known kinorhynch species at these depths.

Independent radiation of snailfishes into the hadal zone confirmed by Paraliparis selti sp. nov. (Perciformes: Liparidae) from the Atacama Trench, SE Pacific Article Publication Date 1-Oct-2022 ...

“Situated between the Southern and Atlantic Oceans, these islands are part of a rich mosaic of tectonic forces that create geologic features such as hadal zone trenches, underwater volcanoes ...