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  2. English Channel - Wikipedia

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    The English Channel, [a] [1] also known as the Channel, ... Well on the continental shelf, it has an average depth of about 120 m (390 ft) at its widest; ...

  3. Hurd's Deep - Wikipedia

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    Hurd Deep running from bottom left to top right of an extract from a 1955 Admiralty Chart 1955 Admiralty Chart No 2649 showing Hurd Deep in the context of the English Channel. Hurd's Deep (or Hurd Deep) is an underwater valley in the English Channel, northwest of the Channel Islands. Its maximum depth is about 180 m (590 ft; 98 fathoms), making ...

  4. Strait of Dover - Wikipedia

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    The Channel Tunnel now provides an alternative route, crossing beneath the strait at an average depth of 45 m (148 ft) below the seabed. The town of Dover gives its name to one of the sea areas of the British Shipping Forecast .

  5. Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia

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    The mean depth between 60°N and 60°S is 3,730 m (12,240 ft), or close to the average for the global ocean, with a modal depth between 4,000 and 5,000 m (13,000 and 16,000 ft). [26] In the South Atlantic the Walvis Ridge and Rio Grande Rise form barriers to ocean currents. The Laurentian Abyss is found off the eastern coast of Canada.

  6. Channel Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The average depth is 45 m (148 ft) below the seabed. [76] On the UK side, of the expected 5 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 (6.5 × 10 ^ 6 cu yd) of spoil approximately 1 × 10 ^ 6 m 3 (1.3 × 10 ^ 6 cu yd) was used for fill at the terminal site, and the remainder was deposited at Lower Shakespeare Cliff behind a seawall, reclaiming 74 acres (30 hectares) [9] of ...

  7. Number of English Channel crossings more than doubles ... - AOL

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    Small boats arrivals in 2021 now stand at more than double the figure for the whole of 2020, when 8,417 people crossed the Dover Strait.

  8. Why are people crossing the English Channel and how ... - AOL

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    With the topic of English Channel crossings high up the news agenda again after a flurry of arrivals, the PA news agency has looked at some of the key questions on the topic.

  9. North Sea - Wikipedia

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    [22] [23] In the North Sea the average tide difference in wave amplitude is between zero and eight metres (26 ft). [An average is a single figure, not a range.] [4] The Kelvin tide of the Atlantic Ocean is a semidiurnal wave that travels northward. Some of the energy from this wave travels through the English Channel into the North Sea.