shallow depth vs the shallow depth

Both 'shallow depth' and 'the shallow depth' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Shallow depth' is more commonly used when describing a measurement or characteristic, while 'the shallow depth' is used when referring to a specific shallow depth in a particular context.

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shallow depth

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'shallow depth' when describing a measurement or characteristic that is shallow.

Examples:

The pool has a shallow depth, making it safe for children to play in.
The camera's aperture setting determines the shallow depth of field.

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But perhaps, our communications will clear up at the shallow depth.
The deposits form at shallow depth, less than 1 km, in the temperature range of 50º-200 ºC, are hosted mainly by volcanic rocks, and occur mainly as veins.
I became obsessed with the object - not just the beautiful photograph itself, and the color, the shallow depth of field, the detail that's visible, the wire you can see on the beak there that the conservator used to put this skeleton together -
Shore seine fishing is carried out from the shore in shallow depths and targets a variety of species.
In order to benefit from these favourable conditions, the pommes de terre de l'île de Ré are planted at shallow depths.
Boat seines fishing is carried out close to the shore in shallow depths.
This is one of this House's most problematic legislative proposals, and you have so far piloted us through its depths and shallows very well.
What is more, the sea is shallow, its average depth being less than 60 metres.
Also, if rupture type failure occurs at a pressure greater than 26 MPa and flaw depth is shallow, a new test can be performed with a deeper flaw.
These Stonehenge things were designed to give foreground and to create a greater depth in this shallow lot.
In addition, the shallow bay would have to be dredged out to a depth of 16 metres.
Water for bathing should be provided at least once a week in shallow trays with water of approximately 0,5 to 1 cm in depth.
Whilst water depth certainly influences the technical challenge of drilling and pollution-response efforts, not all 'deepwater' is dangerous and not all 'shallow-seas' are safe.
While the Pie-Maker insisted on wading into the shallows of brotherly love Chuck insisted on diving into the depths of a recent and strange revelation.
Fluorescent snapper unexpectedly appear in the shallows, extremely rare at this depth.
As the wave reaches shallow water, it's going to slow down, but the wave height, depending on the depth of the shelf off the coast, will be anywhere from 1,000 to 3,500 feet high.
One of my great friends, a professor called Nick Chater, who's the Professor of Decision Sciences in London, believes that we should spend far less time looking into humanity's hidden depths and spend much more time exploring the hidden shallows.
Fjord with a shallow sill at the mouth with a very deep maximum depth in the central basin with poor deepwater exchange
The depth is too shallow.

Alternatives:

limited depth
superficial depth
lack of depth
shallow end
shallow water

the shallow depth

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English. It is used when referring to a specific shallow depth in a particular context.

Use 'the shallow depth' when referring to a specific shallow depth in a particular context.