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physical oceanography
physical oceanography is the study of the physical processes taking place within the oceans and their interactions with the atmosphere. The high heat capacity of water relative to air means the oceans play a major role in the climate by redistributing heat around the globe. If the oceans did not... Read more |
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Southern Ocean
Southern Ocean or Antarctic Ocean, name sometimes given to those parts of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans that surround Antarctica S of roughly 60°S. These waters are marked by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, or West Wind Drift Current, a surface current that flows E around... Read more |
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Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area. The Indian Ocean is connected with the Pacific... Read more |
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hurricane
hurricane tropical cyclone in which winds attain speeds greater than 74 mi (119 km) per hr. Wind speeds reach over 190 mi (289 km) per hr in some hurricanes. The term is often restricted to those storms occurring over the N Atlantic Ocean; the identical phenomenon occurring over the W Pacific... Read more |
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Iranian Americans
IRANIAN AMERICANS by Mary Gillis Overview The Islamic Republic of Iran occupies 635,932 square miles (1,648,000 square kilometers) on the Asian continent. The country is bounded on the north by the Transcaucasian and Turkistan territories of the former Soviet Union (along with the... Read more |
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Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range crest line of the Eastern Highlands of Australia. For the most part it separates rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean from those flowing into the Indian Ocean and the Arafura Sea.... Read more |
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Asia
...the Pacific Ocean. Asia includes the Indian sub-continent...Yangtze provide water and sediment...that European influence began to wane...creation of the SOVIET UNION saw the rise...diverge of the Soviet ... |
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1979: the real year of revolution: despite last year's seemingly endless...
...continue to influence events today...and the Soviet invasion...Shah, the Soviet Union was determined...stabilise its troubled Afghan proteges...Indeed, Soviet moves into...West of the Soviets seeking a ... |
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