submarine channel

C18608
concept

A submarine channel is an underwater valley-like feature on the seafloor formed by sediment-laden currents that transport and deposit sediments across continental margins and deep ocean basins.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
submarine channel canonical 1
submerged river valley 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: submarine channel
Generated description
A submarine channel is an underwater valley-like feature on the seafloor formed by sediment-laden currents that transport and deposit sediments across continental margins and deep ocean basins.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Great South Channel
Hudson Shelf Valley submerged river valley