| |
|
Water Depth (m) |
|
|
| Level |
Color |
Start |
End |
Description |
Reef |
| 0 |
|
0+ |
|
Continental |
|
| 1 |
|
0+ |
|
Coastal |
|
| 2 |
|
|
Fresh Water |
|
| 3 |
|
|
Brackish Water |
|
| 4 |
|
|
Hyper saline Water |
|
| 5 |
|
0 |
2 |
Shoreface |
Reef Flat |
| |
|
0 |
1 |
-- Upper |
|
| |
|
1 |
2 |
-- Lower |
|
| |
|
|
2 |
-- Fair weather wave base |
|
| 6 |
|
2 |
10 |
Offshore - Transition |
Reef Bench |
| |
|
|
10 |
-- Storm wave base |
|
| 7 |
|
10 |
30 |
Offshore |
Reef Slope |
| |
|
20 |
30 |
|
- Fore Reef |
| |
|
|
30 |
|
* Most Reef Building Limit |
| 8 |
|
30 |
100 |
Middle Neritic |
Deep Fore Reef |
| |
|
|
100 |
|
* Maximum Reef |
| |
|
|
|
|
-- (Most coarals not below 100 m) |
| 9 |
|
100 |
200 |
Outer Neritic |
|
| A |
|
200 |
500 |
Upper Bathyal |
|
| B |
|
500 |
1500 |
Middle Bathyal |
|
| C |
|
1500 |
2500 |
Lower Bathyal |
|
| D |
|
< 2500 |
|
Abyssal |
|
