Continental
Shelf
Continental
Slope
Continental
Rise
Ocean Basin
Trenches
Epipelagic
Zone
Epipelagic Zone
0-200m Deep
Lots of Sunlight
0-20 atm of pressure
High Oxygen
200-1,000m
Mesopelagic
Zone
Mesopelagic Zone
Low Oxygen
Minimal Sunlight
20-100 atm of pressure
Minimal Minerals
200m-1,000m Deep
Bathypelagic
Zone
Bathypelagic Zone
Many Minerals
1,000-4,000m Deep
Some Oxygen
100-400 atm of pressure
NO Sunlight
Abyssopelagic
Zone
Abyssopelagic Zone
4,000-6,000m Deep
NO Sunlight
400-600 atm of pressure
High Oxygen
High Minerals
Hadal
Zone
Hadal Zone
6,000-11,000m Deep
600-1,100 atm of pressure
NO Sunlight
High Minerals
High Oxygen