The ground under the sea; the ocean floor. 'Scientists are currently investigating life on the seabed across the whole Marine Park as part of the Great Barrier Reef Seabed Biodiversity Project. ' 'Only recently have oceanographers been able to map the seabed in something near the detail possible on land.

Are seafloor and seabed the same thing?

The term seabed refers to the top-surface of earth in seas and oceans, also known as the seafloor or ocean floor. This surface has a topography, which is directly related to the nature of its subsurface geology, in places modified by ocean currents and sedimentary processes.

What is a meaning of sea bed?

: the floor of a sea or ocean : seafloor This atoll is the summit of an undersea volcano that rises from the seabed 10,000 feet below the surface.— Kennedy Warne.