the.com/sea bed
Earth's largest unexplored surface, hiding more mountains than any continent.
means The floor of the ocean — the solid ground lying beneath all that water, mud, and mystery.
from A straightforward compound: 'sea' plus 'bed,' the same 'bed' that gives us riverbed — the ground something lies upon. The word is old and unglamorous, built from plain Old English roots long before anyone could actually see the thing it described.
- mapping status
- less than a quarter has been mapped in detail
- longest mountain range
- mid-ocean ridge, 65,000 kilometers long
- treasure
- nodules rich in cobalt and nickel litter the floor
- depth record
- Mariana Trench sinks nearly 11 kilometers down