Search results for "Ocean currents" - New World Encyclopedia
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- given as the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. However ... Cape of Good Hope between two major ocean currents ensures a rich diversity ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 00:36, 13 January 2023
- Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of the Earth's ocean ... by an equipotential surface, (ignoring ocean currents) which is commonly referred ...37 KB (5,992 words) - 23:32, 30 April 2023
- the auspices of the Deep Sea Drilling, Ocean Drilling, and International ... are also used to reconstruct ancient ocean currents. Because certain types ...14 KB (1,865 words) - 06:19, 1 April 2024
- from the temperature and salinity of the ocean. The large energy reserves ... Additionally, depending on the prevailing currents of receiving waters, the ...20 KB (2,876 words) - 09:52, 29 January 2024
- water connection from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean. So ... to another body of land but formed in mid-ocean. With the exception ...19 KB (2,807 words) - 19:43, 7 February 2023
- to strong winds, large waves, strong currents and icebergs. These dangers ... The number of ships rounding Cape Horn from the Atlantic Ocean to ...25 KB (3,990 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- The Bering Sea is the northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean that ... separates the Bering Sea from the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea. Bristol ...15 KB (2,176 words) - 11:00, 28 September 2023
- to earth, and eventually returns to the ocean via streams and rivers to ... winds following the warm gulf stream currents. Areas along the western ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 00:07, 8 December 2022
- to oceans or other large bodies of water, currents in those oceans, El Niño/ENSO ... oceans. The North Pole is in the Arctic Ocean, and thus its temperature ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 17:37, 25 January 2023
- It was later realized that large electric currents were associated with the ... deduced that the currents flowed in the east-west directions along ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- is a northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean, situated between the Kamchatka ... The Sea of Okhotsk is a northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean. With ...21 KB (3,208 words) - 17:32, 25 January 2023
- Asia. It is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and ... to delta deposits at the edge of the deep ocean collapsing in a succession ...14 KB (2,162 words) - 00:43, 24 November 2022
- fish, that live near the bottom of the ocean as adults, halibut are characterized ... the continental shelf of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering sea. ...23 KB (3,573 words) - 13:25, 24 January 2023
- The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's ... The sea ice is affected by wind and ocean currents, which can move and rotate ...31 KB (4,598 words) - 06:22, 12 August 2023
- the droplets is low enough that air currents below and within the cloud ... eventually heavy enough to overcome air currents in the cloud and the updraft ...17 KB (2,628 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The term "Polynesia ... used the stars, the movement of ocean currents and wave patterns, the ...17 KB (2,443 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- largest body of water in the world. An ocean basin, it is bounded on the ... Ocean current and one of the strongest ocean currents known, originates in ...19 KB (2,915 words) - 08:28, 8 January 2024
- rivers, which drain into the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian ... Congo River system or east to the Indian Ocean. Creation of the Great Rift ...16 KB (2,498 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- surface, which could affect wind and ocean currents; variations in solar ... to ancient climate regimes are the ocean currents, which are modified by ...38 KB (5,850 words) - 17:11, 10 February 2024
- 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
- that the opposite coasts of the Atlantic Ocean —or, more precisely, the ... #039; 1928 suggestion of convection currents within the mantle as the ...57 KB (8,619 words) - 02:46, 8 January 2024
- from predators or being swept into ocean currents, where they drift away ... **Sea pony, Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838 (Indian Ocean) ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 02:43, 21 April 2023
- Octopuses not only contribute to the food chains in ocean environments ... inhabit many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs. ...21 KB (3,168 words) - 10:16, 11 March 2023
- system for redistributing heat. Ocean currents are another important ... to influence the climate, including ocean currents, surface albedo, greenhouse ...63 KB (9,360 words) - 04:22, 11 March 2023
- Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean. It is more than ... could be found suitable for waves or ocean currents to provide power. The ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- of air in the atmosphere and water in the ocean are notable examples of this ... and R. Alan Plumb. 2007. Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: An ...54 KB (8,553 words) - 03:03, 8 January 2024
- overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast ... tropical climate, pink beaches, and cerulean blue ocean waters. ...36 KB (5,347 words) - 11:05, 28 September 2023
- to the sea for warmth. Although strong tidal currents affect the exact times and durations of each visit to the bay, the dugong return for protection ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- in this case the majesty of the ocean or other bodies of water ... Ignoring other forces such as water currents and swimming, the diver ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 02:37, 21 April 2023
- last= Kolakowski |first= Leszek |title= Main Currents of Marxism: ... * [http://www.hermetic.com/bey/lemonade.html “The Lemonade Ocean ...19 KB (2,798 words) - 01:59, 4 December 2023
- has allowed the discovery of the deep ocean vent communities. This remarkable ... algae only in the photic part of the ocean (where light penetrates) ...38 KB (5,612 words) - 18:02, 12 February 2024
