Oceanography terms in French
The list of French translations of oceanography terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- abyssal plain • plaine abyssale
B
- bathymetry • bathymétrie
- benthic zone • zone benthique
- bioluminescence • bioluminescence
C
- continental shelf • plateau continental
- coral reef • récif corallien
D
- deep sea • abysse
E
- estuary • estuaire
G
- Gyre • Gyre
H
- halocline • halocline
- hydrothermal vent • mont hydrothermal
M
- marine biology • biologie marine
- mudflat • vasière
O
- ocean • océan
- ocean acidification • acidification des océans
- ocean current • courant marin
- oceanography • océanographie
P
- pelagic zone • zone pélagique
- phytoplankton • phytoplancton
- plankton • plancton
S
- salinity • salinité
- sea • mer
- seabed • fond marin
- seafloor spreading • expansion des fonds océaniques
- seismology • sismologie
- sonar • sonar
- submarine canyon • canyon sous-marin
T
- thermocline • thermocline
- thermohaline circulation • circulation thermohaline
- tide • marée
- tsunami • tsunami
U
- upwelling • remontée d'eau
W
- wave • onde
Z
- zooplankton • Zooplancton
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