What is Neritic zone?
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} [[File:World map of bathymetric data - GEBCO 2014.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|{{legend|#AED9CF|As highlighted in light green, the neritic zone coincides with the relative shallows of the continental shelves}}]] The '''neritic zone''' (or '''sublittoral zone''') is the relatively shallow part of the [[ocean]] above the drop-off of the [[continental shelf]], approximately {{convert|200|meters}} in depth.<ref>anon. (n.d). Ocean Regions: Blue Water – Characteristics. Available: {{cite web |url=http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/regions/bluewater1.htm |title=Ocean Regions: Blue Water - Characteristics |access-date=2012-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213175703/http://www.onr.navy.mil/Focus/ocean/regions/bluewater1.htm |archive-date=13 December 2007 |df=dmy-all }}. Last accessed 15 May 2014.</ref><ref>Rizk, F. (n.d). MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY. Available: {{cite web |url=http://faculty.scf.edu/rizkf/OCE1001/OCEnotes/chap11.htm |title=Primary Productivity |access-date=2014-05-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109100056/http://faculty.scf.edu/rizkf/OCE1001/OCEnotes/chap11.htm |archive-date=9 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}. Last accessed 15 May 2014.</ref> From the point of view of [[marine biology]] it forms a relatively stable and well-lit environment for [[marine life]], from [[plankton]] up to large [[fish]] and [[coral]]s, while [[physical oceanography]] sees it as where the oceanic system interacts with the coast. == References == {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Oceans]]