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Benthic Zone: Definition, Characteristics and Living Habitat Organisms living in the benthic zone are called benthos. Benthos have specially adapted themselves to live on the bottom substrate in deep-water bodies with elevated pressure and cold temperatures. Benthic zone - New World Encyclopedia The benthic zone is one of the ecological regions of a body of water. It comprises the bottom—such as the ocean floor or the bottom of a lake—the sediment surface, and some sub-surface layers. Organisms living in this zone—that is, on or in the bottom of the body of water—are called benthos. Benthic Zone - microbewiki The benthic zone is the lowest level of a marine or freshwater system and includes the sediment surface, the water just above it, and some sub-surface layers. Benthic zones exist all over the world in every appreciable water system, be it an ocean, lake, pond, river, or stream. Benthic zone diagram