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Aegean Sea Intermediate Water – Aegean Sea Intermediate Water extends from 40–50 m (130–160 ft) to 200–300 m (660–980 ft) with temperatures ranging from 11–18 °C (52–64 °F). Aegean Sea Bottom Water – occurring at depths below 500–1,000 m (1,600–3,300 ft) with a very uniform temperature (13–14 °C (55–57 °F)) and ...
Aegean Sea with island groups Extent of the Aegean Sea. This is a list of Aegean Islands, which includes the English, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Latin, Medieval Latin, and Italian names for these islands in the Aegean Sea arranged by island group.
Aegean Sea Islands map showing island groups Satellite view of the Aegean Sea and Islands. The Aegean Islands [a] are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast.
Warm surface water is generally saltier than the cooler deep or polar waters. [1] In polar regions, the upper layers of ocean water are cold and fresh. [2] Deep ocean water is cold, salty water found deep below the surface of Earth's oceans. This water has a uniform temperature of around 0-3 °C. [3]
The Aegean region (Turkish: Ege Bölgesi) is one of the 7 geographical regions of Turkey. The largest city in the region is İzmir . Other big cities are Manisa , Aydın , Denizli , Muğla , Afyonkarahisar and Kütahya .
A cold wave (known in some regions as a cold snap, cold spell or Arctic Snap) is a weather phenomenon that is distinguished by a cooling of the air. Specifically, as used by the U.S. National Weather Service , a cold wave is a rapid fall in temperature within a 24-hour period requiring substantially increased protection to agriculture, industry ...
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the Aegean Sea rattled parts of Greece and Turkey on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The Associated Press, citing Turkey's interior minister, reported ...
It gives the water an appearance of wrinkled glass, the kind often used in bathroom windows to obscure the view, and is caused by the altered refractive index of the cold or warm water column. These same schlieren can be observed when hot air rises off the tarmac at airports or desert roads and is the cause of mirages.