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• Seabed — This article is about ocean floor. For the 2001 song by Audio Adrenaline, see Lift (Audio Adrenaline album). Map showing the underwater topography (bathymetry) of the ocean floor. Like land terrain, the ocean floor has ridges, valleys, plains and …   Wikipedia

• Ocean surface topography — TOPEX/Poseidon was the first space mission that allowed scientists to map ocean topography with sufficient accuracy to study the large scale current systems of the world s ocean. Although this image was constructed from only 10 days of… …   Wikipedia

• Ocean Surface Topography Mission — OSTM/Jason 2 Artist s interpretation of the Jason 2 satellite Operator NASA, CNES, NOAA, EUMETSAT Mission type Earth orbiter …   Wikipedia

• Bank (topography) — A bank is a shoal mdash;a comparatively shallow area or an underwater hill on the continental shelf mdash;surrounded by deeper water. It may be of volcanic nature. Banks may be carbonate or terrigenous. As they are not associated with any… …   Wikipedia

• Ocean bank (topography) — See also: Sandbank Marine habitats Georges Bank in the Gulf of Maine is a large elevated area of the sea floor, shown in this map as the light blue region at the bottom centre …   Wikipedia

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• Beached whale — A beached whale is a whale which has become stranded on land, usually on a beach. Beaching is often fatal for whales, as they become dehydrated and die. Some die when their lungs are suffocated under their own weight or drown when high tides… …   Wikipedia

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