Hydrothermal vent
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Hydrothermal vents are fissures on the seabed from which geothermally heated water discharges. They are commonly found near volcanically active places, areas where tectonic plates are moving apart at mid-ocean ridges, ocean basins, and hotspots. The dispersal of hydrothermal fluids throughout the global ocean at active vent sites creates hydrothermal plumes. Hydrothermal deposits are rocks and mineral ore deposits formed by the action of hydrothermal vents.
Black smoker in the Atlantic Ocean
White smokers at Champagne Vent, Eifuku, Japan
Extinct smokers
The black smoker "Candelabra" in the Logatchev hydrothermal field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a water depth of 3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Seabed
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The seabed is the bottom of the ocean. All floors of the ocean are known as 'seabeds'.
Common stingray foraging for invertebrates in seafloor sediment.
gravel seabed in Italy
white sand seabed in Mexico
sand seabed in Greece