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| amount of mass per unit volume |
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| the rising of cold, deep water from an ocean bottom |
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| warming of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, occurring every 4 to 12 years and causing unusual global weather patterns. Spanish: literally, the child, i.e., the Christ child, alluding to the appearance of the current near Christmas. |
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| A cooling of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, occurring somewhat less frequently than El Niño events but causing similar, generally opposite disruptions to global weather patterns. Spanish: The Little Girl |
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| a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, |
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| movement of water that occurs three to ten feet under the surface of water, near the shore and at about thirty feet out in the deep ocean. Examples: gulf stream |
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