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Why is sonar a more accurate way of mapping the ocean floor than weighted lines?

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a joined transmitter and beneficiary called a transducer sends a sound heartbeat straight down into the water and the beat travels through the water and bouces off the sea base with the goal that the transducer can pickup the reflected sound

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