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- In meteorology, air currents are concentrated areas of winds. They are mainly due to differences in atmospheric pressure or temperature. They are divided...
- decrease away (downcurrent) from the former inlets. Correspondingly, the size of the gravels comprising them decreases south (downcurrent) from boulder...
- is carried by the longs**** current, preventing it from reaching the downcurrent side of the inlet, starving that island. Many of the Sea Islands in the...
- drops to 180 metres (590 ft), and currents can be strong with upwelling, downcurrent and reversing directions. The most distinctive feature is the huge brackish...
- powered suction dredges to remove silt lifted by fanning, to be deposited downcurrent. Silt and sand blowers can be useful if the current removes the lifted...
- end pointing in the upcurrent direction and the tapered end pointing downcurrent (paleoflow direction). The convexity of the flute cast also points stratigraphically...
- that results in areas of high ocean productivity. Large eddies can form downcurrent or downwind from islands, concentrating plankton. Banks and reefs can...
- should be flown between thermals. On a day with weak thermals and weak downcurrents, a pilot should fly between thermals at a velocity near that for best...
- the structures are streaky vortex trains within the boundary layer. Downcurrent these streaks start to gradually lift off from the sediment surface until...