Sentences with phrase «visible above the water line»

While the buoy is about 130 feet tall from its top to the end of its steel cable tethers, only 40 feet is visible above the water line.

This species is colloquially known as the «snake bird,» due to its habit of riding so low in the water that only its snake - like neck, head, and long, dagger - like bill are visible above the water line.

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My main reason is that the flow rate from these is highly visible, since the output is above the water line.

The reef crest is well defined by a conspicuous line of breaking water that is clearly visible from the shore and at low tide, Staghorn and Elkhorn coral can even be seen protruding above the surface.

Pressure ridges (2 - 4 + meters high above water, often miles long) were visible off shore at variable distance, defining the line where free circulating pack ice bumped up against grounded shore ice.