Earth's surface

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• Earth's surface — noun the outermost level of the land or sea (Freq. 1) earthquakes originate far below the surface three quarters of the Earth s surface is covered by water • Syn: ↑surface • Derivationally related forms: ↑surficial (f …   Useful english dictionary

• Earth’s surface — Žemės paviršius statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. Earth’s surface vok. Erdoberfläche, f rus. земная поверхность, f; поверхность Земли, f pranc. surface de la Terre, f …   Fizikos terminų žodynas

• Water masses at the Earth's surface — ▪ Table Water masses at the Earth s surface reservoir volume (in millions of cubic kilometres) percent of total oceans 1,370.0 97.25 ice caps and glaciers 29.0 2.05 deep groundwater* (750–4,000 metres) 5.3 0.38 shallow groundwater (less than 750… …   Universalium

• Earth's gravity — Earth s gravity, denoted by g , refers to the gravitational attraction that the Earth exerts on objects on or near its surface. Its strength is usually quoted in terms of the acceleration it gives to falling bodies (acceleration due to gravity),… …   Wikipedia

• Surface exposure dating — is a collection of geochronological techniques for estimating the length of time that a rock has been exposed at or near Earth s surface. Surface exposure dating is used to date glacial advances and retreats, erosion history, lava flows,… …   Wikipedia

• Earth science — (also known as geoscience, the geosciences or the Earth Sciences), is an all embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth [ [http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=earth%20science Wordnet Search: Earth science] ] . It is… …   Wikipedia

• Earth's radiation balance — is the equation of the incoming and outgoing thermal radiation.The incoming solar radiation is short wave, therefore the equation below is called the short wave radiation balance Qs:::Qs = G R = D + H R or depending on the albedo (back reflection …   Wikipedia

• earth — n Earth, world, universe, cosmos, macrocosm are comparable when they mean the entire area or extent of space in which man thinks of himself and of his fellow men as living and acting. Earth applies, however, only to part of what he knows by sight …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Surface — Sur face , n. [F. See {Sur }, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Surface condensation — Surface Sur face , n. [F. See {Sur }, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Surface condenser — Surface Sur face , n. [F. See {Sur }, and {Face}, and cf. {Superficial}.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English