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MER SEMI-FERMEE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

The term "semi-enclosed sea" [...] could be used in a broad sense to cover larger sea basins along the margins of the main ocean basins, more or less enclosed by a land mass–whether continental or insular–and with one or more narrow outlets to the oceans. Examples of that category of seas were the Caribbean Sea and the Andaman Sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Les mers semi-fermées, qui ne communiquent avec l'océan mondial que par de détroits, sont affectées de courants marins d'échelle régionale déterminés par le bilan des échanges à travers le détroit, autant sinon plus que par l'effet des vents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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