carnal. 1  pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures. 2  not spiritual; merely human; temporal; worldly: a man of secular, rather carnal, leanings.
Measuring the Greatest Ocean Depth. The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench is the deepest known point in Earth's oceans. In 2010 the United States Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping measured the depth of the Challenger Deep at 10,994 meters (36,070 feet) below sea level with an estimated vertical accuracy of Â± 40 meters.
8 Surprising Facts About the Deepest Part of the Ocean. The deepest part of our oceans, the region from below 20,000 feet to the very bottom of the deepest sea trench, is known as the hadal zone. It's named after Hades, the underworld of Greek mythology (and its god). The majority of the hadal zone is made up of plunging trenches formed by shifting tectonic plates.