Depth: Surface to 200 meters (660 feet) It is the ocean’s surface layer, covering roughly 5 percent of the ocean’s average depth. It is named so because most visible lightcan penetrate t… See more

Depth: 200 meters (660 feet) to 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) Also, sometimes called the midwater zone, it is found below the epipelagic zone. Only faint sunlight reaches this zone. … See more

Depth: 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) to 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) Found below the mesopelagic zone, it makes up almost 90 percent of the ocean. It is also called the midnight zo… See more

Depth: 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) to 6,000 meters (19,700 feet) Also called the abyssal zone, it is the pitch-black bottom layer of the ocean as no sunlight reaches this layer. The term ‘a… See more

Depth: 6,000 meters (9,700 feet) to the extreme bottom at 10,994 meters (36,070 feet) in the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean in Japan It is the ocean’s deepest zone, foun… See more