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 |
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| instanceOf |
submarine canyon
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| comparedWith |
Grand Canyon
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| comparisonNote |
larger in volume than Grand Canyon
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| country |
United States
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| depthCategory |
bathyal zone
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| formedBy |
submarine erosion
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| formedIn |
continental margin
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| geologicalSetting |
Bering Sea continental shelf edge
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| governedBy |
United States federal jurisdiction
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| hasBiodiversity |
deep-sea corals
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rich benthic communities → sponges → |
| hasConservationInterest |
deep-sea ecosystem protection
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fisheries management → |
| hasEcologicalRole |
enhancing local productivity through upwelling
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supporting high biomass of marine life → |
| hasFeature |
broad canyon floor
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complex branching tributaries → steep walls → |
| hasHumanUse |
fisheries
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| hasNameOrigin |
Russian word "zhemchug" meaning "pearl"
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| hasRisk |
climate change effects on deep-sea ecosystems
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impacts from bottom trawling → |
| hasSedimentProcesses |
mass wasting
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turbidity currents → |
| importantFor |
commercially important fish species habitat
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marine mammals feeding grounds → seabird foraging areas → |
| length |
over 150 kilometers
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| locatedIn |
Bering Sea
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| locatedOffCoastOf |
Alaska
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| locatedOn |
Bering Shelf
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| mappedBy |
multibeam sonar surveys
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| maximumDepth |
approximately 2600 meters
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approximately 8600 feet → |
| near |
Pribilof Islands
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| notableFor |
being one of the deepest submarine canyons in the world
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being one of the largest submarine canyons in the world → |
| oceanRegion |
North Pacific
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| partOf |
Pacific Ocean
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| region |
eastern Bering Sea
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| researchVesselsVisited |
NOAA research ships
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| seafloorFeatureType |
submarine valley
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| studiedBy |
marine biologists
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marine geologists → oceanographers → |
| width |
over 80 kilometers
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Bering Sea
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hasFeature |