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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Arafura Sea
		The Arafura Sea is west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and New Guinea.
		It is bordered by Torres Strait and through that the Coral Sea to the east, the Gulf of Carpentaria to the south, the Timor Sea to the west and the Banda and Ceram seas to the northwest.
		The depth of the sea is primarily 50-80 metres (165-265 feet) with the depth increasing to the west.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Arafura_Sea (380 words)

	Arafura Sea - MSN Encarta
		Arafura Sea, shallow arm of the western Pacific Ocean, between northern Australia and islands of eastern Indonesia.
		It is bordered by the Banda Sea on the north and by the Timor Sea on the west; the Torres Strait, on the east, connects it with the Coral Sea.
		During part of the Pleistocene Epoch, the present floor of the Arafura Sea probably was above sea level, forming a land bridge between Australia and southeastern Asia.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579212/Arafura_Sea.html (128 words)

	Sea - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A sea is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea.
		The term is used colloquially as synonymous with ocean, as in the tropical sea or down to the sea shore, or even sea water referring to water of the ocean.
		Dirac sea is an interpretation of the negative energy states that comprises the vacuum.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Sea (319 words)

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		The western border of the sea is the Indian Ocean, and on the east, it is separated from the Gulf of Carpentaria by the Arafura Sill.
		Although a minor rise on the sea floor, the sill separates a clastic (Gulf of Carpentaria) from the carbonate province of the Arafura Sea.
		The 900- by 600-km diameter Gulf of Carpentaria is a shallow, flat-floored epicontinental sea that lies on the Australian plate between northern Australia and the island of New Guinea.
	www.vims.edu /margins/arafura.htm (767 words)

	Arafura Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Arafura Sea is a shallow arm of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and New Guinea.
		It is bordered by Torres Strait and through that the Coral Sea to the east, the Gulf of Carpentaria to the south, the Timor Sea to the west and the Banda and Ceram seas to the northwest.
		The depth of the sea is primarily 50-80 metres (165-265 feet) with the depth increasing to the west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arafura_Sea (359 words)

	Timor Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Timor Sea (Indonesian: Laut Timor; Portuguese: Mar Timor) is an arm of the Indian Ocean situated between the island of Timor, now split between the states of Indonesia and East Timor, and the Northern Territory of Australia.
		The waters to the east are known as the Arafura Sea, technically an arm of the Pacific Ocean.
		The remainder of the sea is much shallower, much of it averaging less than 200 m (650 ft) deep, as it overlies the Sahul Shelf, part of the Australian continental shelf.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Timor_Sea (354 words)

	Biological Survey of the Arafura Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the first benthic biological survey of the Arafura Sea, a 2-person team collected 107 samples from 56 stations on Southern Surveyor voyage 05 of May 2005.
		This survey only covers approximately 5% of the total Arafura Sea, but it provides a valuable shallow to deep transect across the region in depths ranging from 69 to 234 metres.
		At least 245 macroscopic species, including a diverse variety of invertebrates (e.g., sponges, corals, sea anemones, tunicates, worms, crustaceans, brittle stars, feather stars) and 6 small fish species, were photographed and documented with preliminary identifications.
	www.environment.gov.au /coasts/mbp/publications/arafura.html (319 words)

	sea - Definition, Synonyms, and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Adriatic, Adriatic Sea - an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
		Arafura Sea - a part of the western Pacific Ocean north of Australia and south of New Guinea and the eastern islands of Indonesia
		Sargasso Sea - a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed
	www.onpedia.com /dictionary/sea (890 words)

	Arafura Games 2005 - About The Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Arafura Games' logo, with its flag motifs, was developed to represent the coming together of competitors throughout the Asia – Pacific region.
		The region centres on the Arafura Sea, the body of water joining Northern Australia and South East Asia.
		The four vibrant colours used in the Arafura Games' logo combine the cool turquoise of the Arafura Sea, the glowing sun which shines above, the strong ochres of the Northern Territory’s earth and the welcoming blue of the skies.
	www.nt.gov.au /cdsca/dsr/arafura/2005/text/ag_about.html (500 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Arafura Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Arafura Sea ARAFURA SEA [Arafura Sea], shallow part of the Pacific Ocean, between the Timor and Coral seas, separating Australia from New Guinea.
		It is bounded on the N by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
		Territory nursing: when Lois Opie moved from country Victoria to Darwin in the Northern Territory, she didn't expect to find herself working on the seventh floor of Royal Darwin Hospital with the sparkling blue of the Arafura Sea in the distance.(working life)
	www.encyclopedia.com /articlesnew/33299.html (537 words)

	Introduction to Physical Oceanography : Chapter 3 - The Physical Setting - Sea-Floor Features
		The deep, lighter continental crust oats higher on the denser mantle than does the oceanic crust, and the mean height of the crust relative to sea level has two distinct values: continents have a mean elevation of 1100 m, oceans have a mean depth of -3400 m (Figure 3.5).
		A few of the more important shelves are: the East China Sea, the Bering Sea, the North Sea, the Grand Banks, the Patagonian Shelf, the Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria, and the Siberian Shelf.
		Note that the slope of the sea floor is greatly exaggerated in the figure.
	oceanworld.tamu.edu /resources/ocng_textbook/chapter03/chapter03_03.htm (793 words)

	paspal
		The South Sea area extends from Burma and the Gulf of Thailand through the Sulu Sea of the Philippines, Malaysia, the Indonesian Arafura Sea and north west Australia.
		When the pearling grounds in the sea around the area were exhausted the pearling fleet moved further north and Cossack became a small village with numerous of abandoned buildings.
		It was this mistrust of the Japanese divers that brought the first kalymnians from the Aegean to the Arafura sea, from Kalymnos to Broome.
	www.arafura.net.au /greeksnt/pearls.html (1687 words)

	Geoscience Australia - Arafura survey
		The Arafura Sea survey was conducted jointly by Geoscience Australia and the National Oceans Office in 2005, between the 30th of April and the 28th May (CSIRO Survey Web Page).
		The Arafura region was selected as a suitable site for further seep studies with a number of potential oil slicks identified on satellite images (Inforterra, 2003).
		Another goal of the survey was to document the modern sedimentary/environmental settings of the Arafura Sea northern margins.
	www.ga.gov.au /oceans/bno_Arafura.jsp (133 words)

	Australian Oceans Conference Warned of Rising Sea Levels
		Sea levels in the Australian region are rising at rates which will have a major impact over decades to come, scientists warned participants in a national oceans conference taking place in Hobart this week.
		"Sea level rise has the potential to affect millions of people living in low lying coastal regions, particularly the inhabitants of mega-cities developing on coasts around the world and those living on deltas of major rivers and small island nations," he said.
		The abandoned nets are a major threat to turtles in northern waters, particularly the Gulf of Carpenteria, where the Arafura Sea feeds the gulf area.
	ens-newswire.com /ens/apr2004/2004-04-22-01.asp (1659 words)

	Australia - Oceania: continent world, sea tasman, sea south, area continent, australia island
		The continent is bounded on the north by the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, and the Torres Strait; on the east by the Coral Sea and the Tasman Sea; on the south by the Bass Strait and the Indian Ocean; and on the west by the Indian Ocean.
		The external dependencies of Australia are the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands, the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, the Territory of Cocos Islands (also called the Keeling Islands), the Coral Sea Islands Territory, the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, and Norfolk Island.
		Australia developed as a group of British colonies during the 19th century, and in 1901 the colonies federated to form a unified independent nation, the Commonwealth of Australia.
	www.countriesquest.com /oceania/australia.htm (333 words)

	TheSea.Org :: Oceania - Australia Coral Sea
		Between these two is a complex, poorly known, northern coastline which runs close to southern Indonesia, separated by the Timor Sea to the west and the Arafura Sea to the east.
		The northern coastline is less known, however this is an area of high terrestrial runoff, and the waters are shallow and turbid, greatly restricting reef development.
		The eastern boundary of the Arafura Sea is marked by a narrow constriction, the Torres Strait.
	www.thesea.org /coral_reef/world_reefs/oceania_australia_coral_sea.php (2314 words)

	NLC - Manbuynga ga Rulyapa
		As the Arafura Sea surrounds our traditional islands and coastline, we are saying that the strategy should be largely based on traditional Yolngu management principles, with Yolngu people at the heart of the management structure.
		The establishment of a formal strategy is essential to counter the degradation of the marine environment that is currently occurring along the Territory coast, as indeed it is across the planet.
		More of our totems come from the sea than from the land; sacred sites, although they have been underwater for thousands of years now, are still sung about; our ceremonial dances are about the sea and many of our creation spirits began in the sea.
	members.iinet.net.au /~profile2/Mgr.htm (864 words)

	Bathymetry: Lecture 3 SEA2003F
		The deep, lighter continental crust oats higher on the denser mantle than does the oceanic crust, and the mean height of the crust relative to sea level has two distinct values: continents have a mean elevation of 1114m, oceans have a mean depth of -3432m.
		The volume of the water in the oceans exceeds the volume of the ocean basins, and some water spills over on to the low lying areas of the continents.
		The shallow seas help dissipate tides, they are often areas of high biological productivity, and they are usually included in the exclusive economic zone of adjacent countries.
	www.sea.uct.ac.za /sea2003f/lecture3.php (493 words)

	Mick Bird's Trans-Oceanic Rowing Expedition Latest Report: A GOALS Adventure
		The seas were generally running from east to west, but then some rogue waves the size of apartment buildings would cut across all of this, smashing into other waves or into me. Yes, I did row in some of this, but it was pretty comical.
		It was quiet and the seas were flat, then suddenly about 8 feet off the side of my boat, I saw a 10-12 foot shark hit a 3 foot dorado (tuna fish) taking him into the air with such force that he would have left a serious dent in a car door.
		I had contacted Greta in Jakarta from sea when I was about 10 days out, she had driven 10 hours from Jakarta to meet me in Chilachap and this meeting was the culmination of collecting the necessary rubber stamps and signatures.
	www.goals.com /transrow/laterprtbr2.asp (14464 words)

	arafura sea - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Arafura Sea : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
		Arafura Sea : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?loc=rescb&w=arafura+sea (135 words)

	Arafura Sea - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Arafura Sea - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Arafura Sea, shallow arm of the western Pacific Ocean, between northern Australia and islands of eastern Indonesia.
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	uk.encarta.msn.com /Arafura_Sea.html (50 words)

	The World Today - Illegal fishing costs Indonesia $2-billion a year: expert
		TOMMY WAGEY: If we start from the Arafura Sea, so most of the foreign vessels, the boats, are coming from Thailand, Taiwan, China, those are the sort of major players.
		If you look at the Sulawesi Sea bordering with the Philippines, more of the vessels are coming from the Philippines, and in the South China Sea they're also vessels from Thailand and Vietnam.
		ELEANOR HALL: The Regional Co-ordinator of the Arafura and Timor Sea Expert Forum, Dr Tommy Wagey, speaking to David Weber in Perth.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2006/s1637120.htm (725 words)

	Indonesian Sea LME
		The Banda Sea, and the Aru Basin in particular, are areas of extensive upwelling.
		The fishing practices for commercial shrimp harvesting are harmful to endangered sea turtles that are vulnerable to retention in shrimp trawls as bycatch.
		Response of the Banda Sea to the Southeast Monsoon.
	na.nefsc.noaa.gov /lme/text/lme38.htm (1276 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 2003046690
		The Arafura is a wide, warm sea that stretches from the southern shore of Irian Jaya down to northern Australia.
		Flying south from the coast in a low plane, the sea spreads out beneath you, murky, until suddenly, ten miles out from land, the water becomes clear; its rippled sandy bottom glows bluish green in the equatorial sun.
		He cleared everything from his mind except the feel of the sea on his body, the taste of it in his mouth, the ceaseless rain, the slight warmth of the early sun, the motion of his arms and legs cutting through the choppy, coastal waves.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/random045/2003046690.html (2388 words)

	SEAPA -- Southest Asian Press Alliance
		Thai trawlers started exploring the Java Sea in 1960, but their presence in Indonesian waters became a concern for the Indonesian government only in the early 1980s when their number shored up dramatically and started posing a threat to the Indonesian economy.
		Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, foreign vessels’ off-limit access to Indonesian waters is within Indonesia’s Exclusive Economic Zone, but not beyond 12 sea miles off the shores.
		This phenomenon is prominent evident in the Indonesian sea.
	www.seapabkk.org /fellowships/2002/anucha.html (2698 words)

	Adventure Sailing in Australia with Arafura Sailing Adventures
		Arafura Sailing Adventures offer unique Top End adventure holidays aboard Sundancer, a luxurious 50 ft air-conditioned sailing catamaran.
		All prices include meals, hotel transfers, accommodation on board, all shore excursions and use of fishing gear, binoculars and other equipment aboard.
		all photographs remain the property of Arafura Sailing Adventures and / or Northern Territory Tourist Commission
	www.arafurasailing.com.au (184 words)

	Northern Australian Shelf
		The LME extends from the Timor Sea to the Torres Strait and includes the Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria.
		Commercial fisheries are based on the Northern Prawn (Arafura Sea), mud crab, barramundi, salmon, shark, Spanish mackerel, as well as snappers and reef fish.
		The Northern Prawn in the Arafura Sea is almost fully exploited.
	na.nefsc.noaa.gov /lme/text/lme39.htm (1324 words)

	AllRefer.com - Arafura Sea (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Arafura Sea (Oceans And Continents) - Encyclopedia
		Arafura Sea[ArufOO´ru] Pronunciation Key, shallow part of the Pacific Ocean, between the Timor and Coral seas, separating Australia from New Guinea.
		The Torres Strait to the east is a treacherous passage.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/ArafuraS.html (151 words)

	Foreign Minister: Collaboration and Cooperation in the Arafura-Timor Sea Region
		Collaboration and Cooperation in the Arafura-Timor Sea Region
		It gives me great pleasure to be here in Darwin today to officially open the Arafura Timor Research Facility – a joint venture between the Australian Institute of Marine Science and the Australian National University.
		The Arafura Timor Research Facility promises to make a sizeable contribution to the region, fostering world class scientific research into the marine and coastal ecosystems of the Arafura Timor region.
	www.foreignminister.gov.au /speeches/2005/050630_et.html (930 words)

	Arafura Sea/Gulf of Carpentaria Current Meter (Mooring) Data 1987-8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This dataset comprises the current meter data collected from the Arafura Sea (2 sites) and Gulf of Carpentaria (1 site) during November 1987-February 1988.
		The data have been processed and are archived as part of the holdings of the CMR Data Centre in Hobart.
		Three moorings were installed in the Arafura Sea (between Arnhem Land and Papua New Guinea) and the centre of the Gulf of Carpentaria for 3 months between November 1987 and February 1988.
	www.marine.csiro.au /marq/edd_search.Browse_Citation?txtSession=5622 (380 words)

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