The littoral zone
The open-water zone of a lake typically ends at the littoral zone, which is the shallow water area near the shore where aquatic plants can grow. Beyond the littoral zone is the limnetic zone, which is the area of open water where sunlight can penetrate and most photosynthesis occurs.
It's close enough to the shore, or land, that the sunlight reaches the bottom. So, plants and algae can grow because of the sunlight they receive. :) I hope I helped!
littoral
littoral
The littoral zone of a lake is the near the shore area where sunlight penetrates all the way to the sediment and allows aquatic plants to grow. The benthic zone is the region at the lowest level of a body of a lake including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.
The littoral zone
no plants can grow in any zone but the sunlit zone
I found these sand dollars in that littoral zone.
The 'littoral' zone is the beach.
Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral was created in 1943.
Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral ended in 1945.