| 1. | Oceanwards, beyond the edge of the rise, lies the abyssal plain.
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| 2. | The Barents Abyssal Plain is located at the center of the Fram Basin.
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| 3. | After the shelf the continental slope descends to abyssal plains at-deep.
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| 4. | The abyssal plain is covered with soft sludge composed of dead organisms from above.
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| 5. | The Sigsbee Abyssal Plain is the deepest and flattest sector of the deep basin.
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| 6. | Despite the low density, there is a fairly diverse community living on the abyssal plain.
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| 7. | This created the Biscay Abyssal Plain, and parted the Iberian plate from the Trevelyan Escarpment.
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| 8. | Pilkey began his career with the study of abyssal plains on the deep sea floor.
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| 9. | They are not generally found at abyssopelagic or hadopelagic depths or on the abyssal plain.
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| 10. | The Iberian Abyssal Plain, off the west coast of Portugal and Spain, formed 126 Ma.
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