... of water El Niño (Spanish name for the male child), initially referred to a weak, warm current appearing annually around Christmas time along the coast of Ecuador and Peru and lasting only a few weeks to a month or more. Every three to seven years, an El Niño event may ... roughly half a meter higher in the western Pacific. As upwelling persists, the level of the thermocline rises to shallower depths off the South American coast and is depressed in the western Pacific. The upwelled water is rich in nutrients and supports an abundance of fish and marine life. As surface ... , Cuba, U.S....

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... geologic history in the last 200 million years, each named for the dominant continental arc in that period: 1. The Omineca Episode (180-115 million years) 2. The Coast Range Episode (115-57 million years) 3. The Challis Episode (57-37 million years) 4. The Cascade Episode (37 million years to the present). During the Omineca Episode ... welded to the continent, and adjacent to where the island used to appear, a group of volcanoes rose out of the ocean. The Coast Range Episode is when another chain of volcanic islands collided with the continent and molded into it. Both during the Omineca...

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... effort. The most powerful and most crucial part of American defense in the Pacific Ocean was that of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. This fleet was usually stationed somewhere along the west coast of the United States, and made a training cruise to Hawaii each year. With war threatening, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was moved to the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. This was ... the perfect location for the American forces in the Pacific because of its location, halfway between the United States west coast and the Japanese military bases in the Marshall Islands. The Pacific Fleet first arrived at Pe...

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... are Brazil and Venezuela to the east, Panama to the north-west, and Ecuador and Peru to the south. Colombia is the only South American country that's coast is on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. There are eight islands under Colombian rule, and they are San Andres, Providencia, San Bernado, Islas del ... region of Colombia has an average temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and are from sea level to three thousand feet. This area is along the Pacific coast and in the eastern jungle region. Regions from three to six thousand feet above sea level have an average temperature of 65.5...

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... important part of the life in the nineteenth century so being able to live on the west coast would open a whole new window of trade opportunities. Ports on the west coast could also turn into large cities and prosper like the ones on the east coast and "promote new commerce" (Adams 332). Supporters of Manifest Destiny ranged from humble farmers and lower-classmen ... ...

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... then attack here. " The strongest and most powerful part of the American defense in the Pacific Ocean was the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Usually, this fleet was stationed somewhere along the West Coast of the United States, and made a training cruise to Hawaii each year. With war approaching, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was moved to the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii. This was ... the perfect location for the American forces in the Pacific because of its location, halfway between the United States West Coast and the Japanese military bases in the Marshall Islands. The Pacific Fleet first arrived...

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... more and more stable, the country began to expand. First, it captured places in the South, and then began its move West. By the late 1800s, America reached from one coast to the other, yet Americans still wanted more, so they looked to their neighbors. The expansionism of the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century was mostly a continuation of ... and over again in American history. And in each instance, it seems like people almost always were moving west. European powers explored the Americas, America explored into the West coast, and the West coast explored the Pacific...

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... , including toothpaste and ice cream. Kelp also serves as a buffer by absorbing energy from waves before the waves hit the shoreline, protecting many of the sandy beaches along the California coast. Another important marine plant is phytoplankton. These are tiny plants that serve as food for many of the ocean creatures from the smallest of fish to large whales. The ocean ... Baja California and the Gulf of California. It is in these waters where mating and calving take place. From the Bering Sea, the whales travel down the North American Pacific coast during the months of November throug...

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... , isolate Australia. Therefore the security of Australia would depend on the battle for Port Moresby, because if it were captured by the Japanese then they could strike at the north coast of Queensland whenever they were ready. Also if they captured Fiji then they could extend their air and naval bases which would then allow them to disrupt the lines of ... the Kokoda Track to secure Buna. The ranges they were talking about and the key to Japan's attack, were the Owen Stanley Ranges which started in Buna on the north coast of Papua and went up the slopes to Kokoda. The track was approxim...

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... , they may immediately think of koala bears, kangaroos, and perhaps surfing. However, one of this countries greatest gifts to the world is the Great Barrier Reef. Located off the Northeastern coast of Australia, and bordering the Coral Sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean (Encarta). Not only is this reef arguably the most beautiful in the world, but is also ... ...

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... know the width of a storm, what mph it is moving at, along with the direction and mph of the wind. For example; lets say that a storm is spotted of the coast of the pacific. It is 200 miles wide, is moving at 15 mph, and the wind is blowing towards the west at 30mph. With this specific data, we are able ... ...

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