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Earth science
Any of several geological sciences that are concerned with the earth, its origins, and all of its various structures and physical forms and phenomena.
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ebb current
Earth science; Oceanography
The movement of a tidal current away from the coast or down an estuary or tidal waterway; the opposite of flood current. Nontechnically called ebb tide.
Ekman transport
Earth science; Oceanography
The net mass displacement of water from one place to another, caused by wind blowing steadily over the surface; the net mass transport is 90° to tie right (in the Northern ...
Benguela current
Earth science; Oceanography
The northward flowing current along the west coast of Africa; it is one of the swiftest of ocean currents, the strongest current in the South Atlantic. It is a continuation of ...
West Greenland current
Earth science; Oceanography
The ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Greenland into David Strait. It is a continuation of the east Greenland current . Part of the west Greenland current ...
East Australia current
Earth science; Oceanography
The ocean current flowing southward along the east coast of Australia. It is formed by the division of part of the south equatorial current as it approaches the coast of ...
California current
Earth science; Oceanography
The ocean current flowing southward along the west coast of the United States from approximately Washington to northern Baja California. It is the major branch of the Aleutian ...
electromagnetic spectrum
Earth science; Oceanography
The ordered array of known electromagnetic radiations, extending from the shortest cosmic rays, through gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation, infrared ...
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