Search results for "Ocean currents" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • incidence of disease and groundings of ocean-going vessels are some of ... as the "blue edge." Strong currents and lack of beaches make ...
    29 KB (4,221 words) - 04:34, 11 March 2023
  • Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally ... weirs to redirect the most damaging currents, and actual mechanical strengthening ...
    27 KB (4,264 words) - 09:42, 11 March 2023
  • of its scenic location between the Pacific Ocean and B.C.'s coastal mountains. ... a mill at Brockton Point, but difficult currents and reefs forced the relocation ...
    51 KB (7,390 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
  • by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and ... due to the influence of the Atlantic ocean currents, and the colder surface ...
    48 KB (6,984 words) - 17:25, 12 May 2024
  • **Phylum Entoprocta (small filter feeders found along ocean coasts) ... sessile and are dependent on the water currents to move about or bring food ...
    30 KB (3,941 words) - 07:27, 20 June 2021
  • to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. The land is ... The climate is hot, dry desert; rain is rare; cold offshore air currents ...
    31 KB (4,505 words) - 17:20, 4 May 2023
  • by trade winds and by warm offshore currents. Average temperatures range ... and other products needed to traverse the ocean. In 1563, the Spanish Governor ...
    29 KB (4,178 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
  • 60 m) and its susceptibility to Southern Ocean currents and swells. ===Climate=== Tasmania is located in the pathway of the notorious "Roaring ...
    42 KB (6,077 words) - 04:33, 27 February 2023
  • after a careful study of tides, waves, and currents. In 2001, archaeologists ... at India's National Institute of Ocean Technology first detected ...
    32 KB (5,016 words) - 21:11, 22 March 2024
  • while capitalizing on tides and ocean currents. Admiral Yi took advantage of his knowledge of the sea around Korea. Many times he lured the ...
    34 KB (5,442 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
  • both of which are part of the larger Arctic Ocean. The state is bounded also ... are abundant in streams and in surrounding ocean waters, but low temperatures ...
    74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
  • In the woods, is perpetual Youth. The currents of the Universal Being ... with more than an occasional nod back over the ocean. The thoroughly ...
    34 KB (5,216 words) - 16:33, 21 February 2022
  • created by sediment build-up from lake currents that created the Toronto ... ships access to the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean. ...
    43 KB (6,252 words) - 23:37, 15 January 2024
  • buoyant aircraft that generally rely on wind currents for movement, though vertical movement can be controlled in both. There is often some confusion ...
    40 KB (6,108 words) - 07:11, 16 June 2023
  • of that blaze, that conflagration, that ocean of light. I believe in revelation ... does not provide an outlet for the currents that are accumulating, someday ...
    46 KB (7,008 words) - 06:33, 6 May 2024
  • but they encountered shoals and difficult currents around Malabar (a land mass ... which they encountered the dangers of the ocean, the storms of heaven, the ...
    56 KB (8,607 words) - 20:39, 9 April 2023
  • open sea and in coastal waters with treacherous currents. The crew tested how the long, narrow, flexible hull withstood the tough ocean waves. The expedition ...
    60 KB (9,091 words) - 22:04, 17 April 2023
  • backing for his fateful voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Had Charles Martel suffered at Tours-Poitiers the fate of King Roderick at the Rio Barbate ...
    68 KB (10,731 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
  • Bay of Biscay to the north, North Atlantic Ocean and Portugal to the west ... Sea, the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and a number of uninhabited ...
    115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
  • Allies built a "Pipe-Line Under The Ocean" (PLUTO). Specially ... regiment.Ford and Zaloga, 45. Strong currents forced many landing craft ...
    85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022

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