Search results for "South Sea" - New World Encyclopedia
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
