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- The Arabian Sea is located in the northwestern part of the Indian ... The Sea provides an important link between the neighboring areas of ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- The Caribbean Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part ... The sea's deepest point is the Cayman Trough, between Cuba and ...13 KB (1,964 words) - 18:09, 14 November 2021
- Sea lion is the common name for various eared seals currently comprising ... Seven species, including one recently extinct (the Japanese sea lion ...11 KB (1,599 words) - 02:40, 21 April 2023
- The Adriatic Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Italian ... The sea's western coast runs the length of Italy, while the eastern ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- movement, specifically when Antarctica and South America moved apart during ... feared because of their year round peril to sea faring vessels. ...9 KB (1,422 words) - 15:39, 4 February 2023
- and walruses), and several otters (the sea otter and marine otter). Some ... The cetaceans and sirenians are completely aquatic. Sea otters, although ...9 KB (1,370 words) - 15:58, 6 November 2022
- South Korea or Republic of Korea, is located in East Asia at approximately ... Surrounded on its other three sides by water, South Korea has 2,413 ...14 KB (2,131 words) - 06:52, 18 April 2024
- size and a more pointed snout than the sea lions in the same family ... species and variously known as either fur seals or sea lions. ...12 KB (1,705 words) - 07:37, 23 January 2023
- in seven genera commonly known either as sea lions or fur seals. ... been hunted for their furs, while sea lions have been trained for ...14 KB (2,040 words) - 01:25, 16 January 2023
- The Bering Sea is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean that ... The Bering Sea is separated from the Gulf of Alaska by the Alaska ...15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- off eastern Siberia along a general north-south axis, Florida-like, between ... to a giant fish, with the head at the south. The population density is ...9 KB (1,374 words) - 02:34, 5 October 2022
- Oxley was appointed surveyor-general of New South Wales in 1812, and retained ... appointed Surveyor-General of Lands in New South Wales. In April 1815, he ...8 KB (1,276 words) - 07:02, 3 August 2022
- Hallasan (한라산, 漢拏山), a shield volcano on Jeju Island of ... is presently about 100 m (300 ft) below sea level in that area. Eruptions ...6 KB (934 words) - 22:48, 3 August 2023
- on September 2, 31 B.C.E., on the Ionian Sea near the Roman colony of Actium ... warships through the straits toward the open sea. There he met the fleet of ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- A fjord (or fiord) is a long, narrow deep inlet of the sea bordered ... the climate warms and glaciers retreat. Sea level rises due to an influx ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- The Aral Sea (Kazakh: Арал Теңізі, Aral Tengizi, ... , Russian: Аральскοе мοре) a landlocked endorheic sea ...21 KB (3,162 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- The Sea of Galilee or Lake Kinneret (Hebrew ים כנרת), is Israel ... River, which flows through it from north to south. The lake is situated deep ...16 KB (2,502 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- through the Great Rift Valley into the Dead Sea. The Jordan River, with the ... From its source to its Dead Sea destination 124 miles away (200 kilometers ...11 KB (1,837 words) - 07:37, 27 February 2023
- periods (such as the current epoch). A sea that lies over a continental ... sharply, called the shelf break. The sea floor below the break is called ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 02:48, 8 January 2024
- the lake was originally part of the Baltic Sea that separated from the main ... commercial conduit between the Baltic Sea and the Volga River. In order ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 23:18, 21 October 2022
- The Caspian Sea (Russian: Kaspiyskoye More; Persian: Daryaye Khezer ... processed into caviar, come from the Caspian Sea. In recent years dessication ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 14:23, 29 November 2023
- in Africa, Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. The Sea Otter (Enhydra ... predators as foxes, wolves, and raptors. Sea otters are a keystone species ...15 KB (2,407 words) - 10:52, 11 March 2023
- Sunda Islands, and Australia; and on the south by the Southern Ocean (or ... (28,400,000 mi²), including the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- The Sea of Okhotsk (Russian: Охо́тское мо́ре; English ... This expansive sea—611,000 square miles (1,583,000 sq km)—is considered ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- 15,000 kilometers (9,300 miles) to the south is the Antarctic Circle, ... solstice up to about 90 km (56 miles) south of the Arctic Circle; similarly ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- Africa and close relatives, the llamas, in South America, and the predictions ... During sometime in the Oligocene, South America was finally separated ...6 KB (898 words) - 00:21, 18 November 2022
- square kilometers between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea ... interior comes to an abrupt end at the Red Sea, where coral reefs along the ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 22:24, 29 January 2023
- is equidistant from both the North Pole and South Poles and divides the Earth ... *The South Temperate Zone, between the Tropic of Capricorn and the ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 08:03, 23 January 2023
- death adders, and, in some taxonomies, sea snakes. Elapids are found ... eels in the case of the partially marine sea kraits and fish, squid, and ...24 KB (3,370 words) - 21:57, 24 December 2021
- The South Pole, also known as the geographic South Pole or Terrestrial ... The South Pole is a central site for environmental research and provides ...23 KB (3,208 words) - 15:38, 4 February 2023
- consider the sixth population in the Laptev Sea to be a third subspecies, ... days at a time either on land or in the sea. Diving to depths of 90 meters ...11 KB (1,787 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- of Independence as a representative of South Carolina. Of the 56 Signers ... Lynch, Jr. was a third generation public servant in South Carolina ...9 KB (1,377 words) - 21:21, 30 April 2023
- than in both the earlier and later eras, and sea levels rose up to 200 meters ... and Eurasia, while Gondwana split into South America, Africa, Australia ...11 KB (1,570 words) - 10:34, 10 March 2023
- as continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe ... as shorelines vary with changes in sea level. Coastal islands may ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- (otarids) and include fur seals and sea lions. As with all pinnipeds ... larger, and faster swimming than the sea otters, which have retained ...18 KB (2,671 words) - 02:44, 21 April 2023
- Henry Hudson (September 12, 1570s – 1611) was an English sea explorer ... unknown regions in search of a commercial sea route to the Indies. Yet his ...9 KB (1,487 words) - 15:22, 25 January 2023
- Ganghwa Island, the fifth largest island in South Korea, sits in the ... #039;s highest point at 469 meters above sea level, and offered sacrifices ...8 KB (1,114 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- or streams mixes with saltwater from the sea. Estuaries are often associated ... means "tide" or "boiling (of the sea)." ...10 KB (1,449 words) - 04:23, 22 March 2024
- ) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of South Africa. It is ... the great optimism engendered by opening a sea route to the East. ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- A submarine canyon is a steep-sided valley on the sea floor of the ... were carved during glacial times, when the sea level was about 200 meters ...14 KB (2,019 words) - 19:29, 25 November 2023
- Mifratz Eilat) is a large gulf of the Red Sea. It is located to the east ... The Gulf of Aqaba, like the coastal waters of the Red Sea, is one ...15 KB (2,306 words) - 08:25, 8 January 2024
- seas and the Caucasus Mountains on the south; and the Ural Mountains. ... many years Europe was divided on a North-South axis. With the southern Mediterranean ...17 KB (2,344 words) - 17:40, 12 February 2024
- minimize the by-catch. Preservation of the sea bed, including the spawning ... is towing the trawl along or close to the sea floor. Bottom trawling can ...14 KB (2,235 words) - 14:52, 2 May 2023
- in 1640 and 1641 and to Palembang in the south of Sumatra in 1642, where ... of the Dutch East Indies. Proceeding south he skirted the southern end ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- The Black Sea is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and the ... Countries bordering the Black Sea are Turkey to the south, Bulgaria ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- The Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed inland sea located in Northern Europe ... Similar to the Black Sea, the Baltic is one of the most brackish bodies ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- is the only self-governing province in South Korea; situated on and coterminous ... Jeju-do lies at the confluence of the Korea Strait, the Yellow Sea ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 18:01, 2 April 2024
- (7000 B.C.E. to 3200 B.C.E.) sites in South Asia. Archaeological digs ... left with burials of males. Ornaments of sea shell, limestone, turquoise ...11 KB (1,633 words) - 04:13, 9 November 2022
- (as an offering to Tangaroa, god of the sea). Another longstanding example ... Holt, published a seminal work on North Sea commercial species fisheries ...15 KB (2,206 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- This inland sea of some 251,000 km² is connected to the Gulf of ... line (North Field in the Qatari sector; South Pars Field in the Iranian ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- and islets within the Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, and ... ten degrees of latitude on its longer north-south axis. Geographically, the ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- the term includes smaller spaces like sea caves, rock shelters, and ... America, and Oceania but are sparse in South America, Africa, and Antarctica ...13 KB (2,017 words) - 16:20, 3 December 2023
- Dias died at sea in 1550, in a storm off the Cape. Just over a century ... court. The family is said to have had a sea-faring history. Dias was well ...10 KB (1,706 words) - 11:00, 20 September 2023
- The Sunshine Policy was the foreign policy of South Korea towards ... improved climate from the authoritarian South Korean regimes before 1992 ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- Beringov proliv) is a formidable sea strait linking the icy Arctic ... The Strait connects the Chukchi Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean) in ...18 KB (2,810 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- on the relative importance of land power and sea power in world history... ... significance of navies (he coined the term sea power) in world conflict. ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 12:53, 5 November 2022
- the Upper Peninsula of northern Michigan, south of Sault Ste. Marie. It then ... the floor of an Ordovician-Silurian tropical sea. There the constant depositing ...10 KB (1,467 words) - 23:26, 14 November 2022
- in the south within the country limits. The Belize Barrier Reef is a ... The sea is predominantly shallow north of Belize City, forming a flat ...15 KB (2,336 words) - 08:54, 27 September 2023
- One of the foremost Buddhist temples in South Korea, Haeinsa has housed ... Haeinsa has been interpreted "Reflections of the Calm Sea" ...18 KB (2,737 words) - 16:38, 21 January 2024
- navigation, it connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (connected ... it as "ox-ford" or "shallow sea ox passage" and associated ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- archipelago at the extreme southern tip of South America, separated from the ... Half of this island, and the islands west and south of it, are part ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 23:33, 30 April 2023
- equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole. It is from this point ... an important point of calculation, for the sea-going navigator it is simply ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 07:25, 6 September 2023
- The Andes is South America's longest mountain range, forming ... rising to 22,834 feet (6,960 m) above sea level. The summit of Mount ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- on Alaska's North Slope. It extends from the Beaufort Sea on ... and wolves, nine marine mammals such as sea lions, seals, and otters, ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- to the "precious blue-green color of sea water." Several varieties ... Emeralds are also found in the Transvaal, South Africa; Minas Gerais, Brazil; ...5 KB (674 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route ... After the South Australian explorer, John McDouall Stuart, had reached ...8 KB (1,267 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- is a mountain in the southern part of South Korea. It is often referred ... Peak," rises to 1,915 meters above sea level, making it South Korea ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 05:52, 5 April 2024
- Trimurti Sadasiva, carved in relief at the end of the North-South ... from Mumbai, sits about ten km from the south east coast of the island ...10 KB (1,412 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- Ocean from the Gulf of California (or "Sea of Cortés"). Surrounded ... the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez) on its west from ...14 KB (2,128 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- Table Bay, 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of South Africa, approximately 6 miles ... as a political prison during the days of South African apartheid. It was ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2023
- The Dead Sea ( البحر الميت , ים המלח , translated as Sea of Salt), is a salt lake lying on the border between ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 08:53, 28 January 2024
- (skunks), as well as the pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walruses). ... attempting to drive bears from kills. The sea otter uses rocks to break ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- Zhang Wen Ming, (張文明) who traveled by sea to India and studied at Nalanda ... in India. Account of Buddhism sent from the South Seas and Buddhist Monks Pilgrimage ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
- Korea. The Parks host and protect many of South Korea's sacred, historical ... Oe (Outer) Seorak, Nae (Inner) Seorak, and South Seorak. has Buddhist temples ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:16, 11 March 2023
- the Garonne river to the Mediterranean Sea, thereby completing a continuous ... North America; Barbados and Trinidad off South America; Great Britain, Ireland ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- sits on a small peninsula, belonging to the sea as much as to the land. Treacherous ... of a fortified city built by Europeans in south and southeast Asia, showing ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- amber occur with Anglo-Saxon relics in the south of England; and up to a comparatively ... the shores of a large part of the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, the great ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 02:46, 24 July 2023
- from natural geologic seeps on the sea floor. [http://seeps.geol.ucsb ... same ways as seabirds. Oil coats the fur of sea otters and seals, reducing ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- from Greek mythology, means the "Sea of Atlas." The oldest ... Ocean (which is sometimes considered a sea of the Atlantic), to the Pacific ...27 KB (4,091 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), ... both of which are sometimes known as "sea cows" for their grazing ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- of a sense of moral superiority over the South, that the right, the more ... were sent to Millen, Georgia, and Florence, South Carolina. By December, only ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
- shaped desert's apex is on the south. [[Image:NachalParan2.JPG ... Hebrew word for "dry" or "south" . While the origin ...13 KB (2,056 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- Located on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea, about one hour ... on the southern and northern walls. On the south wall are Mognyon, Kajonyon ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- [[Image:South Africa-Eastern Cape-Gamtoos Valley-Alluvial Gravel01 ... annually carries 406 million tons of sediment to the sea, ...5 KB (763 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- stored in Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple in South Gyeongsang province, in South ... of the wood. Artisans soaked the wood in sea water for three years before ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- markets of the Orient, da Gama extended the sea route exploration of his predecessor ... Da Gama's voyage was successful in establishing a sea route from ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- St. Lawrence Island is an island in the Bering Sea just south of the Bering Strait, administratively belonging to the state of Alaska. The Danish ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 15:46, 27 April 2023
- seals, from the eared seals (fur seals and sea lions) of the family Otariidae. ... seal was nearly exterminated and monk sea populations were greatly depleted; ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 16:04, 10 October 2020
- The Republic of Yemen is a country on the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden on the south ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 00:57, 17 April 2023
- abalone), crabs, lobsters, shrimp, and sea urchins—and others including ... that were the "canaries of the sea" and alerted people to ...11 KB (1,582 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- Flynn. His family moved to Sydney, New South Wales, when Flynn was a young ... friend David Niven, Dodge City (1939), The Sea Hawk (1940), and Adventures ...9 KB (1,222 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- the Spanish Netherlands across the North Sea for a landing in south-east ... that had been constructed the length of the south coast of England. That same ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- * Gossypium barbadens – Creole cotton or sea island cotton, native ... Gossypium barbadens was cultivated in South America about five thousand ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 21:13, 23 May 2020
- and Rome's loss of the Red Sea ports, Augustin F. C. Holl. Ethnoarchaeology ... before Christ. Rome's trade route by sea to southwest India opened ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- predator, which typically moves into the sea to begin a predatory/parasitic ... Not all lampreys can be found in the sea. Some lampreys are landlocked ...18 KB (2,541 words) - 20:56, 22 October 2022
- connecting the Danube with the Black Sea. After its completion, he ... a popular story called Cast up by the Sea. In 1869, he traveled with ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 03:03, 23 December 2022
- Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European ... ==Governor of New South Wales== |right|250px|Arthur Phillip was the ...18 KB (2,828 words) - 17:36, 16 August 2023
- 3,900 to 4,900 feet (1,200 to 1,500 m) above sea level are realized in the ... desert the foreboding nickname of "The Sea of Death." While the ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- circulation cells. Other winds, such as sea breezes, are a consequence ... propel their ships from Europe to North and South America. Their name derives ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- Round The World by Way of the Great South Sea (1726), by Captain George ... killed one of these birds on entering the south sea, and the tutelary spirits ...18 KB (2,959 words) - 15:42, 30 April 2023
