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Channel Islands, California

(Encyclopedia)Channel Islands or Santa Barbara Islands sănˈtə bärˈbrə, –bərə [key], chain of eight rugged islands and many islets, extending c.150 mi (240 km) along the S Calif. coast from Point Conceptio...

Canadian Shield

(Encyclopedia)Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau lôrĕnˈchən [key], U-shaped region of ancient rock, the nucleus of North America, stretching N from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. Covering more than hal...

Pacific Ocean

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Pacific Ocean, largest and deepest ocean, c.70,000,000 sq mi (181,300,000 sq km), occupying about one third of the earth's surface; named by the explorer Ferdinand Magellan; the southern part i...

nudibranch

(Encyclopedia)nudibranch: see sea slug.

loggerhead

(Encyclopedia)loggerhead: see sea turtle.

ridley

(Encyclopedia)ridley: see sea turtle.

hawksbill

(Encyclopedia)hawksbill: see sea turtle.

starfish

(Encyclopedia)starfish: see sea star.

Ziz

(Encyclopedia)Ziz, in the Bible, pass or wadi, through which an allied army moved from the Dead Sea toward Jerusalem to attack Jehoshaphat.

Salton Sink

(Encyclopedia)Salton Sink: see Salton Sea.