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Wilson depression
  نشیب ِ ویلسون  
našib-e Wilson
Fr.: dépression de Wilson  

The depression on the → Sun’s → photosphere associated with → sunspots and involving the → Wilson effect. The measured depression values vary between about 700 and 2,000 km.

See also: → Wilson effect; → depression.