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  Ocean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oceans (from Okeanos, Greek for river, the ancient Greeks noticed that a strong current flowed off Gibraltar, and assumed it was a great river) cover almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth, and nearly half of the world's marine waters are over 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep.
Ocean currents greatly affect Earth's climate by transferring warm or cold air and precipitation to coastal regions, where they may be carried inland by winds.
Tethys Ocean, the ocean between the ancient continents of Gondwana and Laurasia.
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 Ocean (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ocean was a gospel rock band from the 1970s.
Ocean is a place in the State of New Jersey.
"Ocean" is a song by Lou Reed which appears on his eponymous album, and was also earlier recorded with the Velvet Underground.
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 Ocean - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ocean (from Okeanos, a Greek god of sea and water; Greek ωκεανός) covers almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth.
This global, interconnected body of salt water, called the World Ocean, is divided by the continents and archipelagos into the following five bodies, from the largest to the smallest: the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean.
The oceans are essential to transportation: a huge portion of the world's goods are moved by ship between the world's seaports.
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 Watershed - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Atlantic Ocean watershed consists of the Saint Lawrence River and Great Lakes watersheds, plus the Eastern Seaboard, Canadian Maritimes, Newfoundland and Labrador in North America; nearly all of South America (that portion east of the Andes); northern Europe; and the greatest portion of western Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Indian Ocean watershed consists of the eastern coast of Africa, the coasts of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, the Indian subcontinent, Burma, and most of Australia.
The Arctic Ocean watershed consists of the aforementioned Rupert's Land, and most of the territory of Russia.
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 Oceans Edge   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Southern Ocean — in some regions and cultures, includingNorth America and most of Continental Europe, the Southern Ocean is generally not considered an ocean in its own right, and isdivided among the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
The area of the global ocean is 361 million square kilometres, its volume is 1370 million cubic kilometres, and its averagedepth 3790 metres.
The boundaries between the oceans are set by the International Hydrographic Organization ; e.g., the Southern Ocean extends from thecoast of Antarctica to 60 degrees south latitude.
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 Ocean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Southern Ocean — by some reckonings the Southern is not an ocean in its own and is divided among the Atlantic Indian Pacific oceans.
Smaller of the oceans are known as seas gulfs straits etc.
The oceans are essential to transportation: a portion of the world's goods is moved ship between the world's seaports.
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 Pacific Ocean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Straits of Malacca joins the Pacific and the Indian oceans on the west, and the Straits of Magellan links the Pacific with the Atlantic Ocean on the east.
Characteristic of this climatic region are winds that blow from the continental interior to the ocean in winter and in the opposite direction in summer.
The ocean was sighted by Europeans early in the 16th century, first by Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513) and then by Ferdinand Magellan, who crossed the Pacific during his circumnavigation (1519-1522).
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Currents that flow under the surface of the ocean, and are thus hidden from immediate detection, are called submarine rivers.
Ocean currents are also very important in the dispersal of many life forms.
Oceanography (also called oceanology and marine science) is the study of the earth 's oceans and their interlinked ecosystems and chemical and physical processes.
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 Everything about Pacific Ocean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The ocean floor of the central Pacific basin is relatively uniform, an abyssal plain with a mean depth of about 4270 m (14,000 ft).
Portugal is bordered by Spain to the north and east and by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south.
The main seaports are Lisbon in the centre, Leixões (Porto) in the North, Setúbal and Sines in the south, Funchal and Ponta Delgada in the Atlantic.
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 Oceans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the
International Hydrographic Organization; the Southern Ocean, though long recognized in maritime tradition, was officially sanctioned only in 2000, and is unique in being defined only by a line of latitude with no landmass boundaries.
Neptune may also possess large oceans of liquid water under their thick atmospheres, though their internal structure is not well understood at this time.
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 Ocean Did You Mean ocean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
(The US authority is the United States Board on Geographic Names.) The IHO officially sanctioned the Southern Ocean name only in 2000, but its definition by a line of latitude (with IHO members widely disputing which line of latitude) has left its acceptance as a fifth ocean open to question.
A few Oceanographers recognize only four oceans also, treating the Arctic Ocean (or the Arctic Sea) as a part of the Atlantic Ocean.
The Merranean Sea is very nearly its own "ocean", being connected to the World Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar, and indeed several times over the last few million years movement of the African Continent has closed the strait off entirely, making the Merranean a fourth "ocean".
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 Ocean Isle
1) " Ocean" -- In the context of Ocean Isle
It was fully surveyed in 1951 by the British navy vessel, "Challenger II" which gave its name to the http:/.
2) " Isle" -- In the context of Ocean Isle
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 Help.com - typhoon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
These include the north Atlantic Ocean, the eastern and western parts of the Pacific Ocean (considered separately because tropical cyclones rarely form in the central Pacific), the southwestern Pacific, the southwestern and southeastern Indian Oceans, and the northern Indian Ocean.
James Lovelock has also hypothesised that by raising nutrients from the sea floor to surface layers of the ocean, hurricanes also increase biological activity in areas where life would be difficult through nutrient loss in the deeper reaches of the ocean.
The most intense storm on record was Typhoon Tip in the northwestern Pacific Ocean in 1979, which had a minimum pressure of only 870 mbar and maximum sustained wind speeds of 190 mph (305 km/h).
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 Alpha - YPPedia
Alpha Island, an island on the Azure Ocean.
Alpha Island, an island on the Indigo Ocean.
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Pacific Life Annuity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Pacific Ocean (from the French pacifique,meaning peaceful) is the world's largest body of water.
For most of his voyage from the Straits of Magellan to the Philippines,Magellan indeed found the ocean peaceful.
Many typhoons and hurricanes batter the islands of the Pacific and thelands around the Pacific rim are full of volcanoes and often rocked by earthquakes.
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 ocean » Blog Archive » The Ocean Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Ocean Project The Ocean Project The Ocean Project is a collaboration of several zoos, aquariums, science museums, and conservation museums/organizations who are committed to providing better education to their respective visitors and the …
Ocean Yachts is a sailing yacht and sail boat manufacturer, builder providing the Ocean Star high end sailing yacht and sail boat range for sale and buy … Ocean Star 60.1.
National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration: Oceans in the spotlight National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration: Oceans in the spotlight NOAA Ocean Service (NOS) is responsible for the observation, measurement, assessment and management of …
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 Cheap Hotels Arfeuille, France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
==Location== Western Europe, bordering the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain.
Mauriac, built on the slope of a volcanic hill, has a church of the 12th century, and the buildings of an old abbey now used as public offices and dwellings; the town owes its origin to the abbey, founded during the 6th century (...)
For other uses, see Tulle (disambiguation).'' '''Tulle''' is a commune of France, ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Corrèze ''département''.
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 Mario (disambiguation) Definition / Mario (disambiguation) Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The U.S. has three land borders, two with Canada and one with Mexico, and is otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, the Arctic Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean.
Mario Benedetti, an UruguayanThe Eastern Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a Spanish speaking country located in southern South America.
The nation is roughly triangular in shape and is bordered by Brazil to the north, the Uruguay River to the west, the estuary of the Río de la Plata (River Plate) to the southwest, with Argentina on the other bank of both, and finally the South Atlantic Ocean to the southeast.
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 Encyclopedia topic: Hurricane Charley (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The name Charley was used for five tropical cyclone (additional info and facts about tropical cyclone) s in the Atlantic Ocean (The 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east).
1980's Hurricane Charley (additional info and facts about 1980's Hurricane Charley) - looped across the north Atlantic Ocean without causing any reported damage.
The name Charley was retired after the 2004 season, and will be replaced by Colin in the 2010 season.
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 United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation)'' The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the USA, the U.S., America, or the States — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America.
The United States proper has land borders with Canada and Mexico, as well as several territorial water boundaries with Canada, Russia and The Bahamas.
It is otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea, the Arctic Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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 Pacific Ocean - Helping you find kayak travel and equipment info.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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Landmasses The largest landmass entirely within the Pacific Ocean is the island of New GuineaÄî the second largest in the world.
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 Atlantic (disambiguation) - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Atlantic Ocean, a major ocean in the world
Atlantic Canada, consisting of the four Canadian provinces on the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Records, a rock and RandB music label
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