Search results for "Ocean currents" - New World Encyclopedia
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- formed from sediments carried by turbidity currents. ==Biochemical ... as calcite (calcium carbonate) cover the ocean floor and later form limestone ...11 KB (1,524 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- largest part of their diet. In the Southern Ocean (or Antarctic Ocean), one ... fishing of krill is done in the Southern Ocean and in the waters around ...32 KB (4,630 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- are born in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water ... Oncorhynchus genus are found in the Pacific Ocean, including the Cherry salmon ...27 KB (4,219 words) - 21:58, 17 April 2023
- Historian Vernon Louis Parrington, author of Main Currents in American ... :Of Ocean's azure gulfs and where he flings :The restless surge ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 15:56, 7 May 2023
- "muds will accumulate even when currents move swiftly." The ... are widely used to infer past climates, ocean conditions, and orbital variations ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- fastening is provided, such as on a rocky ocean bottom. Some kinds of sponges ... sediment is agitated by wave action or by currents, it tends to block the pores ...15 KB (2,195 words) - 18:05, 14 October 2022
- and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The river is 1243 miles ... water tributaries of the river and the ocean. These fish--especially the ...40 KB (5,864 words) - 22:44, 7 January 2024
- The sea in a general sense refers to the ocean or world ocean, the ... _currents/ocean_currents.html Ocean Currents] NOAA Ocean Exploration ...69 KB (10,326 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
- , this predisposes the formation of eddy currents which maintain a more-or ... The jet streams are rapidly moving upper-level currents. Traveling ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- beautiful seacoast along the Pacific Ocean in west-central California; ... sea level, only three miles (4.8 km) from the ocean. Paul Henson and ...23 KB (3,598 words) - 03:49, 1 October 2023
- are relatively sheltered from fierce ocean currents. The northern and eastern ... by constant trade winds from the Atlantic Ocean. Rainfall is low and variable ...22 KB (3,174 words) - 17:44, 16 August 2023
- aridity. The region, isolated between the ocean and the escarpment, is considered ... the desert causes immense fogs and strong currents in which sailors easily ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:13, 11 November 2022
- often refers to the release of oil into the ocean or coastal waters. Public ... smaller oil droplets, scattered with currents, may cause less harm and ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- such as shoals, reefs and treacherous currents. ====Myos Hormos and ... kingdom of Aksum engaged in the Indian Ocean trade network, receiving ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- Europe. Considered an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, it is connected to it via ... of water in the world, receiving both ocean and river water. Its ecosystem ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- quot; and "oases in the desert of the ocean," coral reefs are among ... They are under threat from climate change, ocean acidification, blast fishing ...54 KB (8,146 words) - 03:01, 8 January 2024
- world's oceans except perhaps the Arctic Ocean. part of food chains, both in the ocean and on land where they lay ...29 KB (4,504 words) - 02:43, 21 April 2023
- islanders' way of life. However, the ocean is believed to be critical ... fishing areas in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the southern coast of ...22 KB (3,091 words) - 20:40, 17 April 2023
- for heavy barges exists from the Pacific Ocean to Lewiston, Idaho. Most ... of once famous rapids, the slowing of currents and an associated rising ...26 KB (3,775 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- by volcanic activity on the bottom of the ocean from the Precambrian Age. formation. They theorize that thermal currents in the earth’s mantle ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 22:24, 29 January 2023
