seabed topography
1Seabed — 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 …
2Ocean 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… …
3Ocean Surface Topography Mission — OSTM/Jason 2 Artist s interpretation of the Jason 2 satellite Operator NASA, CNES, NOAA, EUMETSAT Mission type Earth orbiter …
4Bank (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… …
5Ocean 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 …
6Lava — flow redirects here. For the programming anti pattern, see Lava flow (programming). For other uses, see Lava (disambiguation) …
7Soliton — In mathematics and physics, a soliton is a self reinforcing solitary wave (a wave packet or pulse) that maintains its shape while it travels at constant speed. Solitons are caused by a cancellation of nonlinear and dispersive effects in the… …
8Beached 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… …
9Fisheries glossary — This is a glossary of terms used in fisheries, fisheries management and fisheries science. A * Abundance is a measure of how many fish are in a population or a fishing ground. See relative abundance and absolute abundance.* Acoustic survey a… …
10Surfing — This article is about stand up ocean surfing. For other uses, see Surfing (disambiguation). A surfer performing a late drop …
