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  2. Ocean temperature - Wikipedia

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    The ocean temperature plays a crucial role in the global climate system, ocean currents and for marine habitats. It varies depending on depth, geographical location and season. Not only does the temperature differ in seawater, so does the salinity. Warm surface water is generally saltier than the cooler deep or polar waters. [1]

  3. List of extreme temperatures in Japan - Wikipedia

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    It has an annual average temperature of 25.8 °C (78.4 °F), exceeding the value recorded by all weather stations including Okinawa Prefecture. And the extreme minimum temperature in the region is 13.8 °C (56.8 °F), which is unique in the whole of Japan, because even in Okinawa Prefecture , the minimum temperature of the year tends to be ...

  4. Puerto Ayora - Wikipedia

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    The Itabaca Channel is located between two islands in the Galápagos, Baltra Island, also known as South Seymour Island, and Santa Cruz Island. The Itabaca Channel is used by water taxis who take people from Baltra to Santa Cruz. Academy Bay is a busy harbor, normally full of boats cruising the islands, passing private yachts and local fishing ...

  5. Puerto Baquerizo Moreno - Wikipedia

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    The mean monthly temperature is 24 °C (75 °F) and the average monthly variation is 7.2 °C (13.0 °F). The daily average maximum temperature is 30 °C (86 °F) from February to April. The daily average minimum temperature is 18 °C (64 °F) in September. There are 2343 sunshine hours in an average year. [15]

  6. Climate of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan is generally a rainy country with high humidity. [1] Because of its wide range of latitude, [1] seasonal winds and different types of ocean currents, [citation needed] Japan has a variety of climates, with a latitude range of the inhabited islands from 24°N – 46°N, which is comparable to the range between Nova Scotia and The Bahamas in the east coast of North America. [1]

  7. List of countries by average yearly temperature - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group , derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit .

  8. Kuroshio Current - Wikipedia

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    The temperature range of the sinking North Pacific Subtropical Mode Waters characteristically falls between 16 °C and 19 °C, however exact temperatures and depths to which these waters sink varies annually depending on the efficiency of water transportation by the extension, which is a function of atmospheric and mesoscale eddy conditions. [56]

  9. Galápagos Islands - Wikipedia

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    Weather also changes as altitude increases on the larger islands. Temperature decreases gradually with altitude, while precipitation increases due to the condensation of moisture from clouds on the slopes. This pattern of generally wet highlands and drier lowlands affects the plant life on the larger islands.