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Bathymetric

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ba·thym·e·try  (b-thm-tr)
n.
The measurement of the depth of bodies of water.

bathy·metric (bth-mtrk), bathy·metri·cal adj.
bathy·metri·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.bathymetric - of or relating to measurements of the depths of oceans or lakes


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ABSTRACT A high-salinity embayment located near Beaufort, North Carolina was surveyed to create a bathymetric profile of the main basin.
The vessel will map out clean beaches in Lebanon and produce detailed bathymetric, or topographic, and seismic maps along a 10- to 15-kilometre-wide (six-to-nine-mile) strip near the Lebanese coast.
Bathymetric (or sea floor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements of the sea floor," she added.
 
 
 
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