What do you call the lightless part of the ocean?

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asked Jan 6 in Science by DeenaTrundle (2.2k points)

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answered Jan 6 by RigobertoWat (1.5k points)

aphotic zone

The small surface zone that has light is the photic zone. The entire rest of the ocean does not have light and is the aphotic zone.

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