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Oceanography
The scientific studies of the ocean.
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calving
Earth science; Oceanography
The breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, an ice shelf, or an iceberg.
Peru current
Earth science; Oceanography
The cold ocean current flowing north along the coasts of Chile and Peru. It is one of the swiftest of ocean currents. The Peru current originates where part of the water that flows toward the east ...
fathom
Earth science; Oceanography
The common unit of depth in the ocean, equal to six feet. It is also sometimes used in expressing horizontal distances, in which case 100 fathoms make one cable or very nearly one-tenth nautical ...
tide
Earth science; Oceanography
The cyclical rise and fall of the water level in the oceans and other large bodies of water that is caused by the interaction of the rotating Earth with various forces, principally the gravitational ...
continental slope
Earth science; Oceanography
The declivity from the outer edge of the continental shelf or continental borderland into greater depths.
hydrodynamic instability
Earth science; Oceanography
The development of an infinitessimal disturbance in a mean flow field that grows by drawing energy from the mean flow.
