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Founded in 1876, Texas A&M University is a U.S. public and comprehensive university offering a wide variety of academic programs far beyond its original label of agricultural and mechanical trainings. It is one of the few institutions holding triple federal designations as a land-, sea- and ...
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “an elongated, characteristically linear, steep slope separating horizontal or gently sloping sectors of the sea floor in non–shelf areas; also abbreviated to scarp.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “an extensive linear zone of irregular topography, mountainous or faulted, characterized by steep–sided or asymmetrical ridges, clefts, troughs or escarpments.”
Industry:Earth science
The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “an isolated (or group of) elevations(s), smaller than a seamount; see also abyssal hills and knoll.”
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The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “an offshore hazard to surface navigation with substantially less clearance than the surrounding area and composed of unconsolidated material.”
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The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “any high tower or spire–shapred pillar of rock, or coral, alone or cresting a summit.”
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The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “the axial depression of the mid–oceanic ridge system.”
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The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “the deepening sea floor out from the shelf edge to the upper limit of the continental rise, or the point where there is a general decrease in steepness.”
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The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “the line along which there is marked increase of slope at the seaward margin of a continental (or island) shelf; also called a shelf break.”
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The official IHO definition for this undersea feature name is “the zone, generally consisting of shelf, slope and continental rise, separating the continent from the deep sea floor or abyssal plain; occasionally a trench may be present in place of a continental rise.”
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The part of atmospheric pressure due to the water vapor in the atmosphere.
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