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| A person that studies the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean |
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| is the amount dissolved substances in water, usually expressed in parts per thousand |
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| a ridge or ridglike formation |
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| a long, wide, and deep depression in the ocean floor having gently sloping sides, wider and shallower than a trench. Compare trench |
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| the distance, measured in the direction of propagation of a wave, between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation |
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| an unusually large sea wave produced by a seaquake or undersea volcanic eruption. |
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| An ocean current formed by wind |
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| ocean current formed bt dencity |
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| the process by which warm, less-dense surface water is drawn away from along a shore by offshore currents and replaced by cold, denser water brought up from the subsurface. |
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| A marshy tract that is wet with salt water or flooded by the sea |
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| that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide. |
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