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The Mediterranean Outflow is a current flowing from the Mediterranean Sea towards the Atlantic Ocean through the Strait of Gibraltar. Once it has reached the western side of the Strait of Gibraltar, it divides into two branches, one flowing westward following the Iberian continental slope, and another returning to the Strait of Gibraltar ...
The ride was standing but not operating from 2005 to 2006. In 2009, at the end of the operating season, Cedar Point removed its first generation freefall ride, Demon Drop. The ride was originally planned to move to Knott's Berry Farm for the 2010 season, but the ride ended up at Dorney Park instead with the same name. The Dorney Park ...
The main Zanclean flood may have been preceded by an earlier smaller flood event, [10] [44] and the presence of deep sea terraces has been used to infer that the refilling of the Mediterranean occurred in several pulses. [45] Complete refilling of the Mediterranean may have taken about a decade. [7]
A drop tower is a type of amusement park ride incorporating a central tower structure with one or more gondolas attached. In a typical modern configuration, each gondola carrying riders is lifted to the top of the tower and then released to free fall back down to ground level.
Outflow, in meteorology, is air that flows outwards from a storm system. It is associated with ridging, or anticyclonic flow. In the low levels of the troposphere , outflow radiates from thunderstorms in the form of a wedge of rain-cooled air, which is visible as a thin rope-like cloud on weather satellite imagery or a fine line on weather ...
Rivers with an average discharge of 5,000 m 3 /s or greater, as a fraction of the estimated global total.. This article lists rivers by their average discharge measured in descending order of their water flow rate.
The approximately 14-acre (57,000 m 2) park features four outdoor 18-hole miniature golf courses, several rides, and an indoor video game arcade. The park was built in 1976, and is designed in a Middle-Eastern motif though other eras are featured such as the Wild West -themed miniature golf course and log flume ride.
Spinning ride that lifts riders up to a high height. [3] [27] Sky Screamer S&S - Sansei Technologies: Space Shot: 2004 300 feet (91 m) high launched free fall situated on a 150-foot-tall (46 m) hill, making the total height of the ride 450 feet (140 m). Ascending riders experience 4Gs, while descending riders experience a -2Gs. [3] [28] Star ...