Definitions

1. In shallow water, the speed of surface waves is dependent on the depth of the water. (Web site)
2. Diving into shallow water is a major cause of spinal cord trauma.

Groups

1. These sharks usually gather in groups in shallow water in order to hunt.

Navigation

1. Shoal – Shallow water that is a hazard to navigation.

Turquoise Waters

1. Turquoise waters are protected from big waves by outer reef and shallow water.

Water Depths

1. Brown Water Ops � Naval operations in shallow water, typically consisting of water depths of 100 fathoms or less.

Lancelets

1. This class includes the several species of lancelets, or amphioxi, small, fishlike, filter-feeding animals found in shallow water. (Web site)

Elephant Seal Pups

1. In Patagonia, orcas feed on South American sea lion and elephant seal pups in shallow water, even to the extent of temporarily stranding themselves.

Coralling

1. Coralling is a method where dolphins chase fish into shallow water to more easily catch them. (Web site)

Littoral Operations

1. Depending on the submarine's overall mission, the diesel-electric submarine is sometimes more suited for shallow water or littoral operations.

Hypoxic

1. Some deep diving breathing gases such as trimix and heliox can be hypoxic Don't breathe hypoxic gas in shallow water. (Web site)

Diver Conscious

1. When a hypoxic mix is breathed in shallow water it may not have a high enough ppO2 to keep the diver conscious. (Web site)

Relatively Shallow Water

1. Despite the relatively shallow water in which she sank, the majority of bodies could not be recovered from Royal Oak.

Shallow Water Blackout

1. Shallow water blackout - a sudden unconsciousness, from hypoxia, that occurs among some breath hold divers.
2. It is the gas that determines our rate of ventilation and causes shallow water blackout with consequent drowning.

Naturally

1. In shallow water, demonstrate proper compressed air breathing habits; remembering to breathe naturally and not hold the breath. (Web site)

Standing

1. Flamingos feed while standing in shallow water. (Web site)

Showing

1. He started out showing his tail flukes on many occasions before he swam toward shallow water in front of Langley.

Giving

1. Orcas will also frequently force seals and sea lions to beach, giving the hunter an easy catch in the shallow water.

Waters

1. They tend to disperse more widely in deep waters than when in shallow water.

Swim

1. They can swim in even relatively shallow water without running aground. (Web site)

Spring

1. Females hatch their young in shallow water each spring and adults molt in shallow water before beginning the migration to deeper water.

Meters

1. It has typical depths of between 4,000 and 5,000 meters (13,000 to 16,000 ft) over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water. (Web site)

Rocks

1. Nile - which are sections of faster flowing water with many small islands, shallow water, and rocks, forming an obstacle to navigation by boats.

Bottom

1. Travel gas is needed when the bottom gas is hypoxic and therefore is unsafe to breathe in shallow water.

Tsunami

1. The tsunami, like all others, behaved very differently in deep water than in shallow water.

Underwater

1. In shallow water, clear a partially flooded mask while underwater. (Web site)

Coast

1. Off this coast is the continental shelf, a region of relatively shallow water about 660 ft (200 m) deep.

Currents

1. Black rocks protect Muzhappilangad from the currents from the deep, making its shallow water a swimmers paradise. (Web site)

Pearl Harbor

1. In the early days following the arrival of Captain James Cook, Pearl Harbor was not considered a suitable port due to the shallow water. (Web site)

Surface

1. Often occurs near the surface after a deeper dive, hence "shallow water." Same as 'latent hypoxia'.

Bathing

1. Relaxing on the spectacular Iztuzu beach and bathing in the warm, shallow water is also a must.

Land

1. A tsunami can exceed 500 mph in the deep ocean but slows to 20 or 30 mph in the shallow water near land. (Web site)

Beluga

1. This is called "echolocation." Beluga will work together using this and other techniques to herd fish into shallow water.

Oxygen

1. When a hypoxic mix is breathed in shallow water it may not have a high enough ppO2 (Oxygen) to keep the diver conscious.

Decompression

1. Below this partial pressure of oxygen and are used in shallow water and generally to accelerate decompression.

Live

1. I live in Georgia, US. I have read that Northern Pacific Right whales winter off the southern coast of Georgia in relatively shallow water.

River Dolphins

1. Like other river dolphins the neck is highly flexible, which is likely to enable them to forage in shallow water. (Web site)

Time

1. The Knobbed whelk is subtidal (living underwater) and is migratory, alternating between deep or shallow water, depending on the time of year.
2. In the Bahamas, the Atlantic spotted dolphin spends most of its time in the shallow water over sand flats.

Beaked Whales

1. Beaked whales tend to associate in small family groups and avoid shallow water. (Web site)

Bowhead Whale

1. The bowhead whale stays near the edge of the Arctic ice pack, often in shallow water.

Species

1. Beaked whales are found in all oceans and most species rarely venture into the relatively shallow water of the continental shelves.

Baleen Whales

1. Grey whales, family Eschrichtidae, are about 15 metres long and are the only baleen whales that enter shallow water to breed and calve. (Web site)

Wild Rice

1. Wild rice grows naturally in shallow water in marshes and along the shores of streams and lakes in northern central North America.

Younger Ones

1. Adult Orcas have been observed to teach the younger ones the skills of hunting in shallow water. (Web site)

Ship

1. Seeing what had happened to Cumberland, the captain of Congress ordered his ship grounded in shallow water. (Web site)
2. They also steer the ship, measure water depth in shallow water, and maintain and operate deck equipment such as lifeboats, anchors, and cargo-handling gear.

Hms Queen Elizabeth

1. HMS Queen Elizabeth sank in shallow water, Raised and Temporarily repaired. (Web site)

Beached

1. A live, gray whale is struggling to survive after it was beached in shallow water along the coast of Washington.

Close

1. Juveniles are frequently found in shallow water close to shore. (Web site)
2. Habitat: The Bowhead Whale is wholly in Arctic or sub-Arctic waters, occuring mainly in shallow water close to land.

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