Sentences with phrase «between large bodies of water»

Sea level is not equal all over the world due to variations in density (along with the effects of prevailing weather and ocean conditions) between large bodies of water — this is why the Panama Canal, for example, requires locks to transfer a ship between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Not exact matches

Fish may seem to glide effortlessly through the water, but the tiny ripples they leave behind as they wriggle their way along are evidence of a constant give - and - take of energy between the swimmer and its aqueous environment — a momentum exchange that propels the fish forward but is devilishly tricky to quantify because of the continuous nature of a large, ever - flowing body of water.

Maximum sea depth between the mainland and islands was a secondary driver of body size, with treeshrews on islands separated from the mainland by deeper waters typically exhibiting larger body size, the researchers said.

Both fish live in Lake Tanganyika, a body of water so large it is shared between four countries — Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia.

The city of Watertown is nestled between two bodies of water, Lake Kampeska and Pelican Lake, and have more than 21,000 residents, It is the fifth largest city in South Dakota and home to the Bramble Park Zoo.

The city of Watertown is nestled between two bodies of water, Lake Kampeska and Pelican Lake, and have more than 21,000 residents, It is the fifth largest city in South Dakota and home to the Bramble Park Zoo.