Water World Nelson
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Nelsonlleva on June 8, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Salinity | The amount of salt in the ocean |
| Thermocline | Region in a body of water which separates warmer surface water from cold deep water |
| Gyres | large system of rotating ocean currents |
| Thermohaline | Part of the ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients |
| Upwelling | Water rising from the deep depths of the ocean floor because of specific wind patterns |
| El Nino | Warm ocean current flowing along the equator from the date line at Christmas time |
| Continental Shelf | Extended perimeter of each continent |
| Trench | A long narrow valley beneath the sea |
| Seamount | Mountain Rising from the Ocean that doesn't get above water level |
| Transform Fault | Strike-Slip fault between two plates of the earths crust |
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