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	SEA OF MARMORA - LoveToKnow Article on SEA OF MARMORA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mermer Denisi), the small inland sea which (in part) separates the Turkish dominions in Europe from those in Asia, and is connected through the Bosporus with the Black Sea (q.v.) and through the Dardanelles with the Aegean.
		Its greatest depth is about 700 fathoms, the deepest parts (over 500 fathoms) occurring in three depressions in the northern portion one close under the European shore to the south of Rodosto, another near the centre of the sea, and a third at the mouth of the Gulf of Ismid.
		There are several considerable islands, of which the largest, Marmora, lies in the west, off the peninsula of Kapu Dagh, along with Afsia, Aloni and smaller islands.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MARMORA_SEA_OF.htm (177 words)

	BLACK SEA - LoveToKnow Article on BLACK SEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The northern boundary is broken at Kertch by a strait entering into the Sea of Azov, and at the junction of the western and southern boundary is the Bosporus, which unites the Black Sea with the Mediterranean through the Sea of Marmora and the Dardanelles.
		During summer the surface salinity of the Black Sea is from J~70 to 2.00% down to 50 fathoms, whereas in the greater depths it attains a salinity of 2.25%.
		The Sea of Marmora may be looked upon as an arm of the Aegean Sea and thus part of the Mediterranean proper.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BL/BLACK_SEA.htm (737 words)

	'SEA' @ encyclopaediaOnline: the FREE online encyclopaedia (encyclopedia), dictionary, and grammar reference site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof.
		Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea- worn, and the like.
		a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion.
	www.encyclopaediaonline.com /Sea.html (401 words)

	Encyclopedia: Black Sea
		It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch.
		Samsun is a city in northern Turkey, on the coast of the Black Sea, with a population of 396,900 as of 2004.
		Strabo (7.3.6) thinks that the Black Sea was called "inhospitable" before Greek colonialization, because it was difficult to navigate, and because its shores were inhabited by savage tribes, and that the name was changed to "hospitable" after the Milesians had colonized, as it were making it part of the Greek civilization.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Black-Sea (3800 words)

	Sea of Marmara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sea of Marmara (Turkish: Marmara Denizi, Modern Greek: Θάλασσα του Μαρμαρά or Προποντίδα) (also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea) is an inland sea that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea, thus separating the Asian part of Turkey from its European part.
		The Bosporus connects it to the Black Sea and the Dardanelles to the Aegean.
		The latter group is rich in sources of marble and gives the sea its name (Greek marmaros, marble).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marmara_Sea (190 words)

	sea - definition by dict.die.net
		Note: Sea is often used in the composition of words of obvious signification; as, sea-bathed, sea-beaten, sea-bound, sea-bred, sea-circled, sealike, sea-nursed, sea-tossed, sea-walled, sea-worn, and the like.
		At sea, upon the ocean; away from land; figuratively, without landmarks for guidance; lost; at the mercy of circumstances.
		Beyond seas, or Beyond the sea or the seas (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country.
	dict.die.net /sea (517 words)

	Define Sea : powered by In Dictionary (InDicitonary.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Beyond seas, or Beyond the sea or Beyond the seas (Law), out of the state, territory, realm, or country.
		Long sea, a sea characterized by the uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves.
		Short sea, a sea in which the waves are short, broken, and irregular, so as to produce a tumbling or jerking motion.
	www.indictionary.com /define/Sea (919 words)

	Aegean Sea - Wikipedia
		Aegean Sea (Greek Aigaion, Turkish Ege) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea and it is located between Greek peninsula and Anatolia (Asia Minor) of Turkey.
		AEGEAN SEA, a part of the Mediterranean Sea, being the archipelago between Greece on the west and Asia Minor on the east, bounded N. by European Turkey, and connected by the Dardanelles with the Sea of Marmora, and so with the Black Sea.
		The profusion of islands and their usually bold elevation give beauty and picturesqueness to the sea, but its navigation is difficult and dangerous, notwithstanding the large number of safe and commodious gulfs and bays.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aegean_Sea (524 words)

	Dictionary
		Monstrous amphibians that live in the Sea of Marmora, and are hunted by Asgardians for sport, using reel-rifles.
		A large wood beyond the Asgard Mountains, bordering on the Sea of Marmora.
		Situated on a plateau, the Sea of Marmora's level is higher than that of Asgard.
	www.immortalthor.net /dictionary.html (5216 words)

	British submarines and the Dardanelles
		British submarines were sent in to the Sea of Marmora as part of the Allied strategy for defeating Turkey.
		The main task of the British submarines in the Sea of Marmora was to create havoc by disrupting the supply lines of the Turks in the area.
		When the decision was taken by the Admiralty to send submarines into the Sea of Marmora, five 'B' class submarines were sent from Gibraltar to Mundros on the isle of Lemnos.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /british_submarines_and_the_darda.htm (1646 words)

	Events of the 1920s--Burning of the French transport Vinh-Long, 16 December 1922 -- Part II
		Vinh-Long burning and exploding in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, Turkey, in the morning of 16 December 1922.
		Vinh-Long afire and exploding in the Sea of Marmora near Constantinople, Turkey, in the morning of 16 December 1922.
		On that day, survivors of the French transport Vinh-Long, which had burned in the sea of Marmora that morning, were transferred from the Bainbridge to the Waldeck Rousseau.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/ev-1920s/ev-1922/vl-res-c.htm (585 words)

	sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		What follows this is merely an account of his travels in India and return to China by sea, condensed from his own narrative, with the addition of some marvellous incidents that happened to him, on his visit to the Vulture Peak near Rajagriha.
		My mother died in July 1817, when I was a little over eight years old, and it is odd that I can remember hardly anything about her except her death- bed, her fl velvet gown, and her curiously constructed work-table.
		Munden left me in any case with the rather droll image of her faring forth across the sea quite consciously and resignedly to perform it.
	www.cooldictionary.com /?word=sea (504 words)

	Marmara, Sea of on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Sea of Marmara, c.175 mi (280 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, is connected on the east with the Black Sea through the Bosporus and on the west with the Aegean Sea (part of the Mediterranean Sea) through the Dardanelles.
		Istanbul (Constantinople) is located at the entrance of the Bosporus into the Sea of Marmara.
		In ancient times the sea was known as Propontis [Gr.,=fore-sea] from its position relative to the Black Sea.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m/marmara.asp (384 words)

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		In this report, the sea shelf and inland landscape are differentiated to allow discussion of the protected areas, some of which are inland, and also of those regions where the ecological balance between the sea shelf and the adjacent landscape has been destroyed by a variety of human activities.
		The so-called secondary eutrophication of the Black Sea is due to the influx from the large deep rivers of great quantities of nitrogenous and phosphorous compounds, as well as other components of organic and non-organic origin.
		As an ecological category, the zooplankton includes that portion of the sea fauna whose temporal or permanent habitat is located throughout the water mass or is concentrated in part of it.
	www.worldwildlife.org /bsp/publications/europe/bulgaria/bulgaria30.html (6264 words)

	First World War.com - Battles - The Gallipoli Front - An Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Just as importantly, if not more so, access to the Sea of Marmora was bound to give Britain and France supply route access to their eastern ally, Russia.
		Therefore it was quite feasible that should Britain and France gain the Straits they could succeed in not only eliminating Turkey from the war, but in also drawing Greece and Bulgaria into the war against the Central Powers.
		By this time Admiral Fisher was growing thoroughly alarmed at the prospect that 'spare' shipping be drawn away from his beloved Grand Fleet - a threat in being in the North Sea - for what he regarded as a highly dubious undertaking in the Mediterranean.
	www.firstworldwar.com /battles/overview_gf.htm (2801 words)

	Mnemiopsis Leidyi in the Caspian Sea: First International Meeting. Attachment 16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During the last 30 years the environmental status of the Caspian Sea significantly altered under the impact of various factors where sea level changes and pollution from different toxicants were dominant (Ivanov, 2000; Salmanov, 1999).
		From the Black Sea it was introduced into the Azov Sea, Sea of Marmora and is periodically found in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea (Studenikina et al., 1991; Shiganova et al.
		Kkun M.S. Plankton of the Caspian Sea in the conditions of controlled Volga discharge// Chage of biological structures of the Caspian Sea during last decades.
	www.caspianenvironment.org /mnemiopsis/mnem_attach16.htm (2890 words)

	Straits Convention, 1923 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For this purpose aircraft are to alight on the ground or on the sea in such areas as are specified and prepared for this purpose by Turkey.
		In no event shall warships in transit through the Straits, except in the event of damage or peril of the sea, remain therein beyond the time which is necessary for them to effect their passage, including the time of anchorage during the night if necessary for safety of navigation.
		(2) All the islands in the Sea of Marmora, with the exception of the island of Emir Ali Adasi.
	www.hri.org /docs/straits/convention.html (2876 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Its mission was to force a passage up the treacherous Dardanelles Strait into the Sea of Mamora, and then, in the words of the Chief of Staff, 'Generally run amuck.' Such an extraordinary order required an extraordinary captain and luckily the AE2 had such a captain, Lieutenant-Commander Henry Hugh Gordon Dacre StokerÑan Irishman.
		Henry Stoker was born in Dublin on 2 February 1885, and joined the Royal Navy at the age of fifteen.
		The psychological advantage of entering the Sea of Marmora and thereby threatening Constantinople from the sea would be enormous.
	www.multiline.com.au /~aiha/stoker.html (2167 words)

	Byzantine Capital
		The best way to approach it is by the sea, and as the traveler usually enters from the west, he sails through the Dardanelles, known in ancient times as the Hellespont, passes through the sea of Marmora and enters the Bosphorus between Constantinople, on the one side, and Skutari on the other.
		It is the connecting link between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora and the hills that jut into it on either side are nearly all covered with towns and villas.
		The Golden Horn is the name given to an arm of the Bosphorus which, leaving that strait a few miles from the Sea of Marmora, stretches northward five or six miles to receive a stream called the Sweet Waters of Europe.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles34/world-cultures-33.shtml (2667 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Marmora, Sea of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marmara, Sea of (ancient Propontis), inland sea, northwestern Turkey, connected to the Black Sea by the Bosporus Strait and to the Aegean Sea by the...
		Sea, general designation for all the salt water in all the specific oceans and seas that cover a large area of the surface of the earth.
		Bounded on the west by Israel and the West Bank and on the east by Jordan, the Dead Sea forms part of the...
	encarta.msn.com /Marmora%252c%2bSea%2bof.html (146 words)

	Marmara, Sea of
		Marmara, Sea of, or Sea of Marmora,c.4,430 sq mi (11,474 sq km), NW Turkey, between Europe in the north and Asia in the south.
		SURVIVORS OF SHIPWRECK IN SEA OF MARMARA RESCUED.
		During a drizzle of rain, the fishmarket at kUMKAPI on the shores of the Sea of Marmara.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0831908.html (308 words)

	Anniversary talks - The Australian submarine, AE2 [Australian War Memorial]
		He did not doubt that it was possible, his submarine had a submerged range of 80 kilometres on battery power — just enough to get through the straits and into the Sea of Marmora if all went well.
		Despite the obvious dangers of the operation Stoker remained optimistic and even carried an extra-large white ensign with him to help advertise his submarine’s presence once she reached the Sea of Marmora.
		Today 88, years after she was sunk in the Sea of Marmora, we remember the AE2 and her crew.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/remembering1942/ae2 (1817 words)

	Bosporus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bosporus, bos'po-rus, the strait that joins the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmora.
		A surface current flows outward from the Black Sea; an under current flows inward toward the Black Sea.
		This is the strait that Darius crossed on a bridge of boats in his expedition against the Scythians.
	www.factopia.com /aiton-encyclopedia-vol1/bosporus.htm (184 words)

	The Caspian Sea in the 21st Century
		My major incentive was to demonstrate that: The Caspian Sea has been the focus of states and peoples in and out of the Caspian Basin for the last decade.
		The issue has a special reference to Iran because it has experienced a terrible situation in the Caspian Sea due to its unsuccessful management of the foreign policy and international relations, without showing enough attention to the clear realities of the power politics in the world and margins of maneuver for safeguarding national interests.
		The future of the Caspian Sea depends on how successful will be the Caspian littoral states in finding of a suitable formulas out of all these documents for protection of the unique environment of the Caspian Sea.
	www.payvand.com /news/03/apr/1005.html (1441 words)

	SUBMARINE IN THE DARDANELLES
		It connects the Mediterranean to the Sea of Marmora and on the farther shore of the Sea of Marmora was Constantinople, now Istanbul.
		"AE2" made the dangerous passage successfully and spent four days in the Sea of Marmora before a defect in the machinery forced her to the surface when she was on her way to meet a British submarine, the "E14", which had also succeeded in entering the Marmora.
		Stretching across our course, from shore to shore, was a vast quantity of fishing boats, so many that one was led to think that it was by design in connection with us they were there.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~pasu/submarine_in_the_dardanelles.htm (3561 words)

	Marmora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		An inland sea in northwestern Turkey; linked to the Black Sea by the Bosporus and linked to the Aegean by the Dardanelles.
		Synonyms: Marmara (n), Sea of Marmara (n), Sea of Marmora (n).
		Non-English Usage: "Marmora" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Ma/Marmora.html (369 words)

	The Siege of Constantinople (1)
		Constantinople stood on a triangular peninsula dividing the Bosphorus from the Sea of Marmora, a strategic position that commands the narrow waterway linking the Black Sea and the Mediterranean.
		On the east side was the great natural harbor of the Golden Horn, the west side bordered on the sea of Marmora.
		That first day, as the Emperor Constantine toured the wells exhorting his troops to stand firm under the Turkish barrage, he was grimly confident his city could withstand the siege.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Academy/5990/byzantine/byzantine01.html (727 words)

	British Submarines in the Dardanelles in 1914 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Courtney Boyle, and she became the first to enter the Sea of Marmora and return.
		They ran blind for six hours, the atmosphere in the submarine becoming more and more unbreathable, until the sound of the searching craft died away and they realised they must be in the Sea of Marmora.
		It was only when they moved out into the centre of the sea that they able to charge the batteries undisturbed.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /subs2.htm (680 words)

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