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Why do plants not grow in the bottom of the oceans?

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Plants don't really grow below certain depth, because most of them require sunlight. The epipelagic zone (the upper part of the ocean where there's enough sunlight for photosynthesis) is somewhat less than 200m deep, and beyond that zone the abundance of life drops sharply.
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Plants don't really grow below certain depth, because most of them require sunlight. The epipelagic zone (the upper part of the ocean where there's enough sunlight for photosynthesis) is somewhat less than 200m deep, and beyond that zone the abundance of life drops sharply.
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