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  • 121food fall — the descent of a large dead organism (such as a whale) and the corpse itself, to and on the sea floor It then forms a nutrient supply for a variety of organisms and for fish both directly and indirectly. Also used for the much smaller marine snow …

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  • 122Upper Yosemite Fall — ▪ waterfall, California, United States       cataract on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada in Yosemite National Park, east central California, U.S. It lies 150 miles (240 km) east of San Francisco. With a drop of 1,430 feet (436 m), it is one… …

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  • 123snowfall — snow•fall [[t]ˈsnoʊˌfɔl[/t]] n. 1) mer a fall of snow 2) mer the amount of snow at a particular place or in a given time • Etymology: 1815–25 …

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  • 124Clupea mediocris — Fall Fall, n. 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice …

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  • 125hickory shad — Fall Fall, n. 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice …

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  • 126tailor herring — Fall Fall, n. 1. The act of falling; a dropping or descending be the force of gravity; descent; as, a fall from a horse, or from the yard of ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of dropping or tumbling from an erect posture; as, he was walking on ice …

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  • 127snowstorm — snow•storm [[t]ˈsnoʊˌstɔrm[/t]] n. mer a storm accompanied by a heavy fall of snow • Etymology: 1765–75, amer …

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  • 128Mountaineering — Alpinist redirects here. For the magazine, see Alpinist (magazine). For the practice of closed circuit diving without a bailout, see Rebreather#Bailout. Mountaineer redirects here. For other uses, see Mountaineer (disambiguation). Basecamp… …

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