Submarine cable is any
electrical cable
An electrical cable is an assembly of one or more wires running side by side or bundled, which is used to carry electric current.
One or more electrical cables and their corresponding connectors may be formed into a ''cable assembly'', whic ...
that is laid on the
seabed
The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, ocean floor, and ocean bottom) is the bottom of the ocean. All floors of the ocean are known as 'seabeds'.
The structure of the seabed of the global ocean is governed by plate tectonics. Most of ...
, although the term is often extended to encompass cables laid on the bottom of large freshwater bodies of water.
Examples include:
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Submarine communications cable
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Submarine power cable
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