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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the large body of water that separates North America and South America from Europe.
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Which states have shorelines on the Atlantic ocean?
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana*
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi*
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas*
Virginia
* these states border the Gulf of Mexico, which is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean
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Why is it so important not to pollute your oceans and waterways?
Because of the pollution we are throwing in to the water. The water is getting contaminated. So if you drink the water you could get very sick and maybe die. And it kills our food. It kills our fish and other aquatic animals. And if a cow or something else were to drink it would die too. And if the animals are all gone what will we eat? And if farmers put nitrogen chemicals on their crops, the runoff will run into rivers and then into oceans/lakes. The chemicals also will percolate (seep) into the ground and go into underground aquiffers. Farmers should just put cow manure on plants because cow manure has lots of nitrogen in it.
What is the largest ocean vessel?
The biggest ocean freight ship is the CMA CGM Jules Verne. The Jules Verne was built in 2013, has a maximum TEU of 16020, and a maximum gross tonnage of 153,022.
What was the name of the aircraft that carried Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean?
Charles Lindbergh's airplane was called Spirit of St. Louis. The plane was used for a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
What Europe countries border the Atlantic Ocean?
It depends on what side you are. West of the Atlantic Ocean are North America and South America. East of the Atlantic are Europe and Africa. North of the Atlantic is Greenland, which is geographically part of North America, and Iceland, which is split down the middle between North America and Europe. Antarctica is south of the Atlantic Ocean, but the Southern Ocean is between them.
A boat will float higher in the Atlantic Ocean than in the Potomac River because ocean water has -?
Greater density
What is the name of the group of islands in the eastern most part of the Caribbean Sea?
The name given to the group of islands that enclose the Caribbean Sea is the Lesser Antilles. The Lesser Antilles form an arc shape and consist of over 60 islands.
Why do they have the 7 continents and 4 oceans?
All of Seven continents are used from Mesopotamia for discoveries:
#1: Asia #2: Africa #3: North America #4: South America #5: Antarctica #6: Europe #7: Australia !
OCEANS:
#1: Pacific #2: Alantic #3: Indian and #4: Artic !
The Antarctic Ocean is sometimes called?
The ocean surrounding the Antarctic continent is the Southern Ocean.
How much wider does the Atlantic ocean get every year?
Yes, because of the tectonic plates in the middle of the ocean move apart. These plates are called the North American and Eurasian plate.
How big is the Atlantic Ocean in sq miles?
Atlantic Ocean - 41.1 million square miles.
Pacific Ocean - 65.3 million square miles.
Major water transportation route connects NYC and Lake Erie and points west?
The Erie Canal was built to connect Lake Erie to the Hudson River. The Hudson River empties into the Atlantic Ocean. This allows shipping to the Atlantic Ocean from Lake Erie.
How much does this trip cost to cross the Atlantic?
Well it depends where all u want to go... If you planning to just visit select cities in each zone that might be workable but if literally want to travel all over the world visiting each country its going to cost a fortune.
How did the Allies win control of the Atlantic Ocean between 1941 to 1943?
By closing the 'air gap'. That is the parts of the ocean that was not able to be covered by air recconaisance. Submarines were vulnerable to detection & attack from the air and long range aircraft such as Catalina & Liberator made a huge difference. But they needed bases to fly from. The denial of such a base in the Irish Republic cost Britain dear for many months. Also, of course Asdic & better depth charges & increased range & effective escort vessels made a difference as time went on. In the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic the Germans were sinking ships faster than they could be built. Many, many ships were sunk & huge amounts of stores & war material were lost. Britain was, for a time, in a very perilous position both to submarine & surface ships sinking unarmed merchant ships.
Do Hurricanes originate in south Atlantic Ocean and south-pacfic ocean?
South Atlantic tropical cyclones are unusual weather events that occur in the southern hemisphere. Strong wind shear (which disrupts cyclone formation) and a lack of weather disturbances favorable for tropical cyclone development make any hurricane-strength cyclones extremely rare. If a "hurricane season" were to be demarcated in the South Atlantic, it would most likely be the opposite of the North Atlantic season, from November to the end of April with mid-March being the peak when the oceans are warmest in the Southern Hemisphere. These tropical cyclones would be given identifiers starting with SL in the future.
According to a study published in 2008, there were 92 subtropical cyclones in the Southern Atlantic between 1957 and 2008. Below is a list of notable South Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclones.
South Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclonesSubtropical Cyclone of March 1974Similar to the later formation of Catarina, a strong dipole-blocking structure (or Rex blocking) persisted for nine and a half days over the western South Atlantic Ocean in late March 1974, which decreased wind shear across the region. A low pressure area developed over the Amazon basin, and intensified as it moved southeastward over open waters, establishing a very large closed circulation. Deep convection increased near the center, and banding features began developing. The system resembled a subtropical cyclone, and there were hints of a warm-core. It was unable to intensify further, due to the weakening of the ridge component of the blocking -which led to shear increasing- and water temperatures decreasing. Unlike Catarina, the system maintained a southeast motion throughout its duration.Angola Tropical Storm of 1991On April 10, 1991, a weak tropical storm formed in the eastern South Atlantic, recorded by weather satellites off the coast of Angola. It formed on April 10, and dissipated two days later, drifting west-southwestward from where it formed. Of the few South Atlantic tropical cyclones that have been recorded, this was the only one in the eastern portion of the South Atlantic.
Tropical Cyclone of January 2004A small area of convection developed on a trough of low pressure in mid January off Brazil. It organized and appeared to become a tropical depression on January 18. The next morning, it had a small CDO and well-defined bands, and the system, either a weak tropical storm or a strong tropical depression, likely reached its peak. Located 150 nautical miles (280 km) southeast of Salvador, Brazil, it weakened as upper level shear, typical for the basin, prevailed. The depression moved inland on the 20th as a circulation devoid of convection, and dissipated the next day over Brazil, where it caused heavy rains and flooding.
Cyclone CatarinaCategory 2 tropical cyclone (SSHS)DurationMarch 24, 2004 - March 28, 2004Intensity155 km/h (100 mph) (1-min), 972 mbar (hPa)Cyclone Catarina was an extraordinarily rare tropical cyclone, forming in the southern Atlantic Ocean in March 2004. Just after becoming a hurricane, it hit the southern coast of Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina on the evening of March 28, with winds estimated near 155 kilometres per hour (96 mph), making it a Category 2-equivalent on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The cyclone killed 3 to 10 people and caused millions of dollars in damage in Brazil.
At the time, the Brazilians were taken completely by surprise, and were at first in utter disbelief that an actual cyclone could have formed in the South Atlantic despite the insistence of the Miami Hurricane Center otherwise. Later, they were convinced, and adopted the name "Catarina" for the storm, after Santa Catarina state. This event is considered by some meteorologists to be a nearly once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.
Tropical Storm of February 2006A small area of convection 600 miles southeast of Rio de Janeiro was tracked into an area of relatively low shear and marginal 26°C waters on February 23, 2006. The wave had deep convection, was able to form a closed LLC and had 35 mi/h (56 km/h) winds as measured by Quikscat on February 24, 2006. These characteristics were operationally recognized for three hours before high shear began to tear the system apart, just short of the six hours required to be officially declared a tropical depression. The storm was estimated at have peaked in intensity with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h), equivalent to a strong tropical storm, early on February 23. While under study, the system was referred to as 90L Invest. The shear would eventually cause the system to dissipate later that night.
Subtropical Storm of January 2009A cold-core mid to upper-level trough in phase with a low-level warm-core low formed a system over Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil and moved eastward into the South Atlantic. Winds exceeded 54 knots on the coast of Uruguay and extreme southern Rio Grande do Sul. The storm produced rainfall in 24 hours of 300 mm or more in some locations of Rocha (Uruguay) and southern Rio Grande do Sul. The weather station owned by MetSul Weather Center in Morro Redondo, Southern Brazil, recorded 278.2 mm in a 24-hour period. Fourteen deaths and thousands of evacuees are attributed to the storm with an emergency declared in four cities.
Tropical Storm AnitaOn March 8 2010, a previously extratropical cyclone developed tropical characteristics and was classified as a subtropical cyclone off the coast of southern Brazil. The following day, the United States Naval Research Laboratory began monitoring the system as a system of interest under the designation of 90Q. The National Hurricane Center also began monitoring the system as Low SL90. During the afternoon of March 9, the system had attained an intensity of 55 km/h (35 mph) and a barometric pressure of 1000 hPa (mbar). It was declared a tropical storm on March 10 and became extratropical late on March 12. Anita's accumulated cyclone energy was estimated at 2.0525 by the Florida State University. There was no damage associated to the storm, except high sea in the coasts of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. Post mortem, the cyclone was given the name "Anita" by private and public weather centers from Southern Brazil.
Subtropical Storm of November 2010On November 16, a cold-core mid to upper-level trough in phase with a low-level warm-core low formed a system over Uruguay and Rio Grande do Sul state in Brazil and moved southeastward into the South Atlantic, where it slightly deepened. The system brought locally heavy rains in southern Brazil and northeast of Uruguay that exceeded 200 milimeters in a few hours in some locations of Southern Rio Grande do Sul northwest of Pelotas. Damages and flooding were observed in Cerrito, São Lourenço do Sul and Pedro Osório. Bañado de Pajas, departament of Cerro Largo in Uruguay, recorded 240 mm of rain. Then, it started to drift southeastward, over open waters of the South Atlantic, where it gradually weakened.[ The subtropical cyclone became a weak trough on November 19, according to the CPTEC. The low pressure system that originated the subtropical cyclone favored hail storms that affected dozens of cities in Southern Brazil, mainly in Rio Grande do Sul state, on November 15. Over a dozen towns declared emergency due to the damages. In some places, the hail accumulated 30 cm (one foot) and could be seen in the fields even four days after the storm.
Subtropical Storm AraniEarly on March 14 2011, the Navy Hydrographic Center-Brazilian Navy (SMM), in coordination with the National Institute of Meteorology, were monitoring an organizing area of convection near the southeast coast of Brazil.[14] Later that day a low pressure area developed just east of Vitória, Espírito Santo,[15] and by 1200 UTC, the system organized into a subtropical depression, located about 140 km (90 mi) east of Campos dos Goytacazes.[16]
Guided by a trough and a weak ridge to its north, the system moved slowly southeastward over an area of warm waters,[17][18] intensifying into Subtropical Cyclone Arani on March 15,[19] as named by the Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center.[20] The storm was classified subtropical, due to the convection being located east of the center. On March 16, Arani began experiencing 25 knots of wind shear due to the another frontal system bumping it from behind.
