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English Channel
(Encyclopedia) English Channel, Fr. La Manche [the sleeve], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.350 (560 km) long, between France and Great Britain. It is 112 mi (180 km) wide at its west entrance, between…booby
(Encyclopedia) booby, common name for some members of the family Sulidae, large, streamlined sea birds. Tropical and subtropical members of the family are called boobies; those of northern waters are…Wampanoag
(Encyclopedia) WampanoagWampanoagwämˌpənōˈăg [key], confederation of Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native…Baltic Sea
(Encyclopedia) Baltic Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.163,000 sq mi (422,170 sq km), including the Kattegat strait, its northwestern extension. The Øresund, Store Bælt, and Lille Bælt connect the…Tsunami FAQs From the International Tsunami Information Center
What is a tsunami? The phenomenon we call tsunami is a series of large waves of extremely long wavelength and period usually generated by a violent, impulsive undersea disturbance or activity…Guiana
(Encyclopedia) GuianaGuianagēănˈə, –änˈ– [key], region, NE South America. It faces the Atlantic Ocean on the north and east and is enclosed on the west and south within a vast semicircle formed by…The Tall Ships Set Sail
Powerful 18th and 19th century sailing ships converge on Boston by David Johnson Take the Tall Ships Quiz! The HMS Bounty Interesting Tall Ships The Kruzenshtern…Jurassic period
(Encyclopedia) Jurassic periodJurassic periodjərăsˈĭk [key] [from the Jura Mts.], second period of the Mesozoic era of geologic time, lasting from 213 to 144 million years ago. At the start of the…Walt Whitman: Out of the Rolling Ocean the Crowd
Out of the Rolling Ocean the CrowdOut of the rolling ocean the crowd came a drop gently to me, Whispering I love you, before long I die, I have travel'd a long way merely to look on you to…Top Ten Types of Debris Littering the Oceans
The 2011 International Coastal Cleanup almost 600,000 people in a worldwide effort that removed 9.18 million pounds of garbage from our oceans. Rank…Trending
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