Submergent

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    underwater; submerged; aquatic not-comparable

    "Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent."

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"Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent."

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