The Mediterranean Sea is a very large body of water located north of Africa and south of Europe that holds roughly 900,000 cubic miles of salt water. The Mediterranean is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the narrow waterway between Spain and Morocco known as the Strait of Gibraltar....
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C.: How much do tides affect the circulation of the Mediterranean Sea? From local processes in the Strait of Gibraltar to basin-scale effects, Prog. Oceanogr., 127, 108-116, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.06.005, 2014.Naranjo C, Garcia-Lafuente J, Sannino G, Sanchez-Garrido JC (2014) How...
If you've ever lost your hat or a pair of sunglasses in the ocean, then you know that the sea doesn't stay still. If you didn't retrieve the lost item immediately, it was likely well on its way to the other side of the world, carried away by ocean currents. When sp...
And it turns out there was a similar period in which the vast majority of the world’s oil reserves were formed, again for a good geological reason. In his book The Equations of Life, Charles Cockell wrote that physics is life’s silent commander, setting hard limits on what evolution ...
, universally known asthe Big Buddha, a spectacular 34-metre-tall seated bronze Buddha statue at Ngong Ping, an upland area at about 400 metres altitude. Ascending the numerous steps (268, but who’s counting?) takes you to the Buddha itself and views of the surrounding hills and sea....
Rock Houseis a recent addition toGrace Bay Resorts’ portfolio and was named one of thebest new hotels of 2023by T+L editors (South Bankis another recent favorite, andGrace Bay Clubis a classic). TheMediterranean-inspired propertyhas 46 accommodations, from studios to two-bedroom villas — ...
How are sediments created? How are headlands formed by erosion? Does the Nile River flow into the Mediterranean Sea? How are anticlines formed? How are bioclastic sedimentary rocks formed? What makes a river valley fertile? How was Beringia formed? How did the Nile perch get to Lake Victoria...
Near the village of Vers-Pont du Gard, it is the highest of all the old Roman aqueducts. Cannes (stopover) The French Riviera town of Cannes makes a good stopover between Avignon and Nice. Once a fishing village on the Mediterranean Sea, Cannes is now a playground for the rich and ...
When a Swedish ship that sank in 1628 was recovered from the port of Stockholm historians and scientists were overjoyed with the chance to examine the remains of the past. The ship construction showed how ships were built and operated during the seventeenth century. In this way artifacts objects...