Hydrothermal vent

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA hot spring, on the floor of the ocean, mostly along the central axes of the mid-ocean ridges, where heated fluids emerge from fissures in the Earth's crust

Synonyms

mid-ocean ridge rift zone volcano mid-oceanic ridge hot spot volcanic field isothermobath isobathytherm oceanic trench acheron fossae ocean of storms vile vortex

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