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A body of sheltered water found in a crescent shaped coastal configuration of land.
Industry:Earth science
An archipelagos or island group is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically.
Industry:Earth science
A monitoring method used to provide a high resolution image of the seabed. (see http://www. Channelcoast. Org/survey_techniques/bathymetric_surveys)
Industry:Earth science
Duna di sabbia che si crea nelle aree costiere. La sabbia per la sua formazione viene prodotta da una spiaggia.
Industry:Earth science
Specchio d'acqua riparato che si trova in una configurazione di terra costiera a forma di mezzaluna.
Industry:Earth science
Un arcipelago o gruppo di isole è una catena o un insieme di isole formatisi tettonicamente.
Industry:Earth science
Tipo di nube formata da cristalli di ghiaccio e avente la forma di filamenti simili a capelli. Si forma ad un'altitudine di circa 9700 m.
Industry:Earth science
A theoretical concept in analogy to Laplace's oceanic equilibrium tide; roughly, the form of the atmosphere determined solely by gravitational forces in the absence of any rotation of the earth relative to the sun.
Industry:Earth science
A tide having two high waters and two low waters each lunar day , with little or no diurnal inequality . This applies equally to solar tides and to atmospheric tides .
Industry:Earth science
An accurately determined reference tide level, used to calculate relative sea levels and tides.
Industry:Earth science
