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  Sea
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.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/se/sea.html   (331 words)

  
 ipedia.com: East Timor Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Timor is the Malay word for "Orient" and the island of Timor is part of the Indonesian archipelago and the largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.
To the north of the mountainous island is found the Banda Sea, to the south the Timor Sea separates the island from Australia, while to the west lies the Savu Sea.
The highest point of East Timor is Mount Tatamailau at 2,963 m.
www.ipedia.com /east_timor.html   (956 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Area
note: includes Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies
note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
note: includes Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Flores Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Java Sea, Philippine Sea, Savu Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2147.html   (1036 words)

  
 Indian Ocean - tScholars.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
note: includes Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Flores Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Java Sea, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Savu Sea, Strait of Malacca, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies
The Indian Ocean provides major sea routes connecting the Middle East, Africa, and East Asia with Europe and the Americas.
It carries a particularly heavy traffic of petroleum and petroleum products from the oilfields of the Persian Gulf and Indonesia.
www.tscholars.com /factbook/Indian_Ocean.php   (422 words)

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