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Tasmania

(Encyclopedia)Tasmania tăzmāˈnēə [key], island state (2016 pop. 509,965), 26,383 sq mi (68,332 sq km), SE Commonwealth of Australia. It is separated from Australia by the Bass Strait and lies 150 mi (240 km) s...

gyre

(Encyclopedia)gyre: see ocean.

trench

(Encyclopedia)trench: see ocean.

Bath, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Bath, city (2021 pop. 88,859), Bath and North East Somerset, SW England, in the Avon River valley. Britain's leading winter resort, Bath has the only na...

continental shelf

(Encyclopedia)continental shelf: see ocean.

euphotic zone

(Encyclopedia)euphotic zone: see ocean.

aphotic zone

(Encyclopedia)aphotic zone: see ocean.

littoral zone

(Encyclopedia)littoral zone: see ocean.

abyssal plain

(Encyclopedia)abyssal plain: see ocean.

turbidity current

(Encyclopedia)turbidity current: see ocean.