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Benthic zone

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The Benthic zone is the lowest level of a body of water, such as an ocean or a lake. It is inhabited mostly by organisms that tolerate cool temperatures and low oxygen levels called benthos. "Zones" that occur above the benthic zone are the profundal zone, the limnetic, and the littoral.

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