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Give reason.

With increasing depth, the temperature of sea water decreases to a certain limit.

Because at the depth of sea water sun lights can't reach so that temp of sea decreases to a certain limit with increasing its depth. So the bottom ones remains cool as compared to top one) the water at the bottom has least velocity or negligible as compared to the top ones.


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