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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 border another country?
The following US states border the country to the north, Canada
Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine
Also going from west to east, are the US states that border with Mexico, the country that lies to the south of the USA
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas
What percentage of earths surface water is salt water?
About 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered in water, and about 90 percent of that is salt water.
What percentage of Earth's surface is below sea level?
Many parts of the world fluctuate because of tides, global positioning, and natural phenomenon, but on the average, 70 percent of the earth's surface is below sea level.
cape cod dunes are like hills next to the marsh or beach on cape cod here is a better explaination Dunes are created when strong coastal winds sweep grains of sand inland. Beach grass, driftwood, plants and anything in the wind's path trap the sand, which gradually mounds and begins to take shape: a gentle slope on the windward side can go to heights of one hundred feet, with a hard drop on the lee. As if never content with its creation, the wind continuously sculpts and shifts the sand, creating an every-changing maze of hummocks and intervening valleys.
Nature On The Dunes
The ecology of dunes are a naturalist's paradise. Beach plum, saltspray roses, bayberry, and beach heather flourish. Blueberries and wild cranberry bogs bear fruit. Cattails and prickly pears, beach grass and beach pea, jack-in-the-pulpit and seaside asters appear around every corner.
The dunes are also host to hundreds of resident and migratory birds and fox, deer and rabbits also leave their imprints in the sand of this peaceful part of Cape Cod.
This natural piece of Cape Cod is only accessable two ways: oversand vehicle or on foot. A permit is required for oversand vehicles and knowledge of access points, restrictions and regulations are also needed (a lot of work for what should be a carefree excursion).
Colombia has both Caribbean and Pacific beaches, waters and Ilands.
With the skyrocketing rate of casualties due to using Napoleonic tactics against new technologies like the machine gun, Generals decided to start using trenches to defend their ground and reduce casualties.
High level gymnasts get prize money for placing in meets and may get advertising deals, but they do not get paid by default just for being gymnasts.
Western states followed the model of the North mainly because?
Though the western states were primarily agricultural and not industrialized, in many ways they still followed the model of the North. These new states depended upon Northern banks and capital for investment.
Is most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from human activities?
No. Most of the dissolved salts in the ocean come from the rivers emptying into the ocean. As the rivers flow from their sources to their mouths, they erode their channels and pick up salt and sediments from weathered rock, which are deposited into the ocean at their mouths.
What is the name of the Caribbean island ten degrees from the equator?
Trindad and Tobago located at 10.5526° N, 61.3152° W
What country has the longest coastline in south America?
Brazil
Chile has 4,634 Kms of coastline
Argentina has 4,989 Kms of coastline
Brazil has 7,491 Kms of coastline
Does the river St Lawrence have a delta?
The delta of the Saint-Laurence river is the fruit of thousands of year of rich deposits that made the delta of the Saint-Laurence a rich estate for crops thus creating a viable enviroment for humans even if the cold weather make human establishment difficult in a cold and humid environment.
