Zhemchug Canyon

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Zhemchug Canyon is an enormous submarine canyon in the Bering Sea, notable for being one of the largest and deepest such canyons in the world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf submarine canyon
comparedWith Grand Canyon National Park
surface form: Grand Canyon
comparisonNote larger in volume than Grand Canyon
country United States of America
surface form: United States
depthCategory bathyal zone
formedBy submarine erosion
formedIn continental margin
geologicalSetting Bering Sea canyon system
surface form: Bering Sea continental shelf edge
governedBy United States federal law
surface form: United States federal jurisdiction
hasBiodiversity deep-sea corals
rich benthic communities
sponges
hasConservationInterest deep-sea ecosystem protection
fisheries management
hasEcologicalRole enhancing local productivity through upwelling
supporting high biomass of marine life
hasFeature broad canyon floor
complex branching tributaries
steep walls
hasHumanUse fisheries
hasNameOrigin Russian word "zhemchug" meaning "pearl"
hasRisk climate change effects on deep-sea ecosystems
impacts from bottom trawling
hasSedimentProcesses mass wasting
turbidity currents
importantFor commercially important fish species habitat
marine mammals feeding grounds
seabird foraging areas
length over 150 kilometers
locatedIn Bering Sea
locatedOffCoastOf Alaska
locatedOn Bering Sea
surface form: Bering Shelf
mappedBy multibeam sonar surveys
maximumDepth approximately 2600 meters
approximately 8600 feet
near Pribilof Islands
notableFor being one of the deepest submarine canyons in the world
being one of the largest submarine canyons in the world
oceanRegion Northern Pacific Ocean
surface form: North Pacific
partOf Pacific Ocean
region Bering Sea
surface form: eastern Bering Sea
researchVesselsVisited NOAA research ships
seafloorFeatureType submarine valley
studiedBy marine biologists
marine geologists
oceanographers
width over 80 kilometers

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Bering Sea hasFeature Zhemchug Canyon
Bering Sea canyon system hasPart Zhemchug Canyon