Search results for "Gulf Stream" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. It is located between ... The Caribbean weather is influenced by the Gulf Stream and Caribbean ...
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  • The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world ... The Gulf Stream, a warm Atlantic Ocean current and one of the strongest ...
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  • longest. The river rises as a snowfall fed mountain stream ... agricultural regions near its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico. ...
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  • These can become estuaries if there is a stream or river flowing into them. Large estuaries, like Chesapeake Bay and the Gulf of St. Lawrence ...
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  • :"The land area contributing to the flow for any one stream is ... of water from a basin may be made by a stream gauge located at the basin ...
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  • ridges that are forming the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden emerge on land and ... into the Depression. It is the principal stream of an endorheic drainage ...
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  • northern Syria and Iraq to the head of the Persian Gulf. to the ecology of the entire upper Persian Gulf, in an area called the Cradle ...
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  • of the ocean can be fairly extreme. The Gulf Stream ocean current flows through ... Hurricanes, freak waves, and the strength of the Gulf Stream have ...
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  • into Mexico, where it empties into the Gulf of California. It is a major ... Spread across the northernmost end of the Gulf of California, the Colorado ...
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  • mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. The mixing of these waters ... The meeting of the cold Labrador Current and the warm Gulf Stream ...
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  • of westerly air. The upper-level polar jet stream assists by providing a path ... strong, and can combine with warm, moist Gulf Stream air transported northward ...
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  • The northern part of the Baltic Sea is known as the Gulf of Bothnia ... a riverbed, with two tributaries, the Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Bothnia ...
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  • on the north bank, Wolfe Island in mid-stream, and Cape Vincent, New York ... the oval-shaped marine region known as the Gulf of St. Lawrence. ...
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  • Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, a ... beginning at Lake Itasca to the end at the Gulf of Mexico is about 90 days. ...
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  • than a turbine of the same size in free stream. A downstream low pressure ... are not viable. Similarly to tidal stream open turbines they have little ...
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  • Due to its heavy load of silt the Yellow River is a depositing stream: ... eastwards across northern China to the Gulf of Bohai, draining a basin ...
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  • "genetic" fish living in a small stream or in an alpine lake could ... North America, and for a fish found in the Gulf of Mexico and other places ...
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  • that a hotspot is caused by a narrow stream of hot mantle, called a mantle ... the Kodiak-Bowie Seamount chain in the Gulf of Alaska.]] ...
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  • events then caused head-ward erosion and stream capture—all of which tend ... Orogeny). This uplift has steepened the stream gradient of the Colorado ...
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  • south-western trade winds following the warm gulf stream currents. Areas along the western coasts (including those in Ireland) can receive between ...
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  • Brian Zimmerman, [https://www.jazziz.com/stream-the-times-of-harvey-milk ... In 2006, he recorded another benefit album, Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions: ...
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  • Banks Fisherman, Eight Bells, The Gulf Stream, Rum Cay, Mending the Nets, and Searchlight, Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba. In the winter, Homer ...
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  • from the Allegheny River eventually flows into the Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio and the Mississippi Rivers. == Tributaries == [[Image:Allegheny ...
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  • northern and western coasts fronting on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; its western ... to improve defenses at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and defend ...
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  • to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The ... Ocean to the south. It is located on the Gulf of Guinea, only a few degrees ...
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  • The Iran-Iraq War, also called the First Persian Gulf War, or the ... was a war over dominance of the Persian Gulf region, the roots of the war ...
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  • oil can make its way into the air stream. In a given use, for example ... and Sizing, 3rd ed. Burlington, MA: Gulf Professional Publishing, 2005 ...
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  • (by reducing the effects of the Gulf Stream) would have a cooling ... *Kuhle, M. 2007. The Past Ice Stream Network in the Himalayas and ...
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  • ) is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf ... Once a small gulf shaikhdom known locally as a center for pearl–diving ...
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  • to the Atlantic are the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, the ... when blowing over these currents. The Gulf Stream, for example, warms the ...
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  • trade corridor that would extend to the Gulf of Mexico. Many view the creation of such a route as a crucial link between Eurasia and North America ...
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  • has been firmly established as a glacial stream on a snowcapped, 18,363-foot ... The Lower Amazon seems to have once been a gulf of the Atlantic Ocean, the ...
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  • of Sonora, Foothills of Sonora, Central Gulf Coast, Vizcaino Region, and ... (although at times as an intermittent stream), while the Salt River does not. ...
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  • subtropical climate, regulated by the Gulf Stream and Trade Winds. The fact ... Regulated by the Gulf Stream and the Trade Winds, the climate is subtropical ...
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  • of feet deep at that point. A small stream can plunge hundreds of feet ... The Gulf of Kotor in Montenegro has been suggested by some to be a ...
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  • climate. While not bordering the Gulf of Mexico, Arkansas is still ... Located between the Great Plains and the Gulf states, Arkansas receives ...
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  • fleet failed to account for the effect of the Gulf Stream. Therefore, they were much closer to Ireland than planned, a devastating navigational error ...
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  • from the naiad said to be living in the stream that ran beneath the adyton ... paralleling the shore of the Corinthian Gulf, and overlies a local geology ...
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  • a north-south direction from Belize City to the Gulf of Honduras, bounded on the east by shallow shelf and on the west by the mainland coast. The seaward ...
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  • of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west. It ... among the Gabonese, and the fairly regular stream of oil "rent." ...
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  • is to dilute the brine with another stream of water entering the ocean ... Examples of such locations are the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and, in particular ...
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  • state is a large peninsula bordered by the Gulf of Mexico on its west and ... and summers (the wet season). The Gulf Stream has a moderating effect ...
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  • Imperial Valley, letting the sea in from the Gulf of California. ==History== The history of human habitation in the Great Basin goes back at least ...
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  • separated from Finland in the north by the Gulf of Finland and from Sweden ... Europe) is continuously warmed by the Gulf Stream, it has a mild climate ...
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  • valley that stretches from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. ... towering rocks and watered by a perennial stream, Petra not only possessed ...
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  • moderated by the waters of the Gulf Stream, particularly in the winter. ... * Craton, Michael, and Gail Saunders. Islanders in the Stream: A History ...
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  • moving inland or passing offshore in the Gulf of Maine. Most of New Hampshire ... the founding of the Republic of Indian Stream on itskokomo northern border ...
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  • began a gradual retreat to what is now the Gulf of Mexico. The near-shore ... planed and terraced farmland lining the stream banks characterize these ...
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  • that have sprouted naturally along stream banks into silviculture sites on higher ground World Sweetpotato Atlas, Papua New Guinea, ...
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  • providing access to the mainland from the Gulf of Khambhat. The indigenous ... and Sumer. The discovery of typical Persian gulf seals, a circular button seal ...
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  • is the bayous and swampland of the Gulf Coast, especially in Louisiana ... nearby in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and under the Gulf of Mexico. The resulting boom ...
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  • is bounded by the Baltic Sea with the Gulf of Finland to the south and ... air flow. Finland is near enough to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean ...
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  • It shares with Israel the coastlines of the Gulf of Aqaba and the Dead Sea ... Lebanon and others from the Persian Gulf region. ==Geography== ...
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  • the latest, and was reduced to a seasonal stream thousands of years before ... of an ancient submerged settlement in the Gulf of Cambay, off Gujarat, in ...
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  • tides also occur for the same reason in the Gulf of Mexico and Sea of Japan ... areas such as the South China Sea and the Gulf of Mexico are primarily diurnal ...
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  • U.S. to Europe would be assisted by the Gulf Stream; the outward bound trip ... slaves. After Europeans had settled in the Gulf of Guinea, the trans-Saharan ...
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  • which has been obscured by an endless stream of gossip over his personal life. ... fortress of Lepanto, at the mouth of the Gulf of Corinth. Byron employed ...
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  • in the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Bothnia in the east. It ... northern latitude, mainly because of the Gulf Stream. In the south of Sweden ...
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  • towards the Pacific Ocean, Hudson Bay, and Gulf of Mexico watersheds, and ... melting of glacial ice may also affect stream flow during the dry summer ...
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  • to the US and Canada, carried in the jet stream; see fire balloons. The British ... D. Ross and Victor E. Prather over the Gulf of Mexico in 1961. ...
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  • the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the north, and the Bay of Fundy to the west. Its only land boundary is with ...
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  • after a dive. The blow is a noisy, single stream that rises up to 15 meters ... Long-line fishing operations in the Gulf of Alaska have complained ...
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  • bill] Federal News Radio News Stream, January 7, 2011. Retrieved ... drilling rig at the Macondo Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico, causing a major ...
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  • two aircraft carriers, and the constant stream of threats of warfare between ... such proximity to oil-rich regions in the gulf, effectively brought about ...
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  • created barrier islands. The Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current, runs northward just 15 miles (24.1 km) off the coast, allowing the city's ...
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  • across the sea with Muscat and the Persian Gulf region. A small fort was constructed ... upheavals in their country, a steady stream of Afghan refugees have also ...
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  • ecosystem and replaces it with meandering stream and river environments. ... Refined Coal) processes developed by Gulf Oil and implemented as pilot ...
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  • have marine deposits. Due to the Gulf Stream current and prevailing ... in Denmark. Norway lost the steady stream of pilgrims to the relics ...
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  • to mid-September as humid air surges in from the Gulf of California. Winter storms moving inland from the Pacific Ocean occasionally produce significant ...
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  • book of wisecracks and had begun a steady stream of humor books. Through the ... From 1930 to 1935, he made radio broadcasts for the Gulf Oil Company ...
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  • as subtropical. Influenced by the Gulf Stream, sea water temperature is 72°F (22°C) during the summer and 61°F (16°C) in the winter. ...
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  • Lisbon has a warm climate that is strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream, giving it one of the mildest climates in Europe. Winters are wet and ...
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  • for the one-sided fighting during the Gulf War was that tanks like the ... of an explosion into a narrow penetrating stream. Thin plates of spaced armor ...
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  • climate of Bermuda is warmed by the nearby Gulf Stream. The climate is humid and, as a result, the summertime heat index can be high, even though mid ...
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  • from the Gulf of Mexico, and subtropical waters (Gulf Stream) to the east, and *cool, damp air moving in from the North Atlantic. Massachusetts ...
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  • would divert the waters of the Banias Stream so that the water would not ... permit the Israeli flag to pass through the Gulf of Aqaba." While most ...
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  • by air from the cold Arctic and the hot and humid Gulf of Mexico. ==History== {{MetaSidebar|250px|#ffffaa|right|Missouri State symbols| ...
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  • influence of the ocean, powered by the Gulf Stream, is interspersed with brief moments of danger due to the potential for hurricanes near the ...
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  • north and west side of the divide ends up in the Gulf of Mexico via the Chattahoochee River. Being at the far northwestern edge of the city, much ...
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  • as the leader of the revisionist stream of Zionism. Between 1948 and ... government regarding the war in the Persian gulf between Iran and Iraq: ...
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  • and different?'—'To the East of the Gulf of Chih-li, who knows how many thousands and millions of miles, there is a deep ravine, a valley ...
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  • Water from the Gulf Stream flows in both through the English Channel towards Norway, and around the north of Britain, moving south along the ...
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  • tends to be very changeable. It is warmed by the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic, and as such is much warmer than areas on similar latitudes, for example ...
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  • of his exile, Khomeini received a constant stream of reporters, supporters ... to other parts of the oil-exporting Persian Gulf and began to supply Iraq with ...
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  • on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea ... due to the Gulf of Finland and some Gulf Stream influence from Scandinavian ...
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  • and devastated much of the north-central Gulf Coast of the United States ... * Hughes, Karen. George W Bush: Portrait of a Leader. Carol Stream ...
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  • However, despite the remarkable physical similarity, the gulf between ... awareness, self-awareness, conscience, stream of consciousness, Husserl ...
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  • Poland, due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream. The south is warmer and drier than the north. The prevailing winds are south-westerly ...
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