The Yellow River, 'Mother River of the Chinese People', is just behind the Yangtze, both flowing into the Pacific Ocean. The Yarlung Zangbo River belongs to the Indian Ocean water system, and the Irtysh River to the Arctic Ocean. On the other side, the interior rivers drain less area tha...
ocean acousticshydrothermal plumeGakkel ridge[1] Gakkel ridge is the slowest spreading mid-ocean ridge with full spreading rates <10 mm/yr. In 1999, a teleseismic earthquake swarm signaled the onset of an eruptive episode at 85°E. The Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge expedition in 2001 detected a ...
Physiographically, Greenland is part of North America continent but it is an autonomous territory ofKingdom of Denmark, a European country. The water bodies lying around the region are Arctic Ocean in the north, Greenland Sea in the east, Denmark Strait in the south-east (it separates Green...
The cool summers average around 50° F (10° C ). Coastal regions, especially along the coast of the Arctic Ocean, are damp and foggy; the climate is drier the farther inland one goes. 3 • LANGUAGE The Chukchi language belongs to the Paleoasiatic language family. The speech of women...
Towards, the north, it is surrounded by the Arctic Ocean at about 65 degrees and by the Southern Ocean at 60 degrees South. Is Atlantic Ocean saltwater or freshwater? All oceans are large bodies of saltwater. The Atlantic Ocean is the second-biggest ocean. Thus, it is a saltwater body. ...
While there are a few areas of Tundra in the Antarctic, as a climatic region the Tundra generally is located around the Arctic Ocean and above the timberline of highlatitude mountains ( Oliver and Hidore, 2002 ; Figure T43 ). Figure T43 The Tundra; cartographer T. Truckenbrod. Tundra ...
Typically, the ice follows a seasonal cycle. For example, in the spring and summer months, the warmer temperatures cause the ice floating on top of the Arctic Ocean to shrink. Then as the temperatures drop in the fall and winter months, the ice cover grows again until it reaches its yearl...
The Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third vastest body of water on planet Earth. The Indian Ocean is defined as one of the five oceans found in the world. The other four are named Pacific Ocean (largest), Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and the Southern/Antarctic Ocean. It comprises...
In Europe, the European Seafloor Observatory Network (ESONET) is in development and has nodes plannedforlocationsinthe Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian margin, the Nordic Seas, the Azores, the Iberian Margin, the Ligurian Sea, the Hellenic[...] ...
The ocean currents rule this land and shape its people’s ways. A general counter-clockwise current brings cold air southwest from the arctic above the pirate kingdoms down south within fifty miles of Setheria Isle, home of the archmages, which tower provides the marker for the shift in cour...