neritic

English Thesaurus

1. relating to the region of shallow water adjoining the seacoast (adj.all)

similar	:	shallow,
definition	:	lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center (adj.all)

2. of or relating to the region of the sea over the continental shelf which is less than 200 meters deep (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	neritic zone,
definition	:	the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms (noun.object)

pertainym	:	neritic zone,
definition	:	the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms (noun.object)