noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
depth sounding; bathymetry
Technical term for measuring water depth, used in navigation, oceanography, and surveying. Can be used as a noun or with する.
船から測深して水深を調べた。
We sounded the depth from the ship to check the water depth.
この海域の測深データはまだ不十
The bathymetric data for this sea area is still insufficient.