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A rip current (or just rip) is a specific type of water current that can occur near beaches where waves break. A rip is a strong, localized, and narrow current of water that moves directly away from the shore by cutting through the lines of breaking waves, like a river flowing out to sea.
The Fruit of Grisaia (Japanese: グリザイアの果実, Hepburn: Gurizaia no Kajitsu) is a Japanese adult visual novel, the first in a series of visual novels by Frontwing, with character designs by Akio Watanabe and Fumio. It was released in February 2011 for Windows, and it was later ported to the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.
A map of The Rip and surrounding features Satellite view of "The Rip" between Point Nepean and Point Lonsdale on 26th November, 2007.. The Rip, also known as The Heads, is the narrow waterway entrance connecting the Bass Strait to the bay of Port Phillip in southern Victoria, Australia, and is the only route of maritime transport into Port Phillip and thus seaport access into Melbourne and ...
Fruit, especially bananas, a common Latin American export, is the most common method seen to smuggle cocaine into Europe. [19] The Port of Rotterdam has a specialised team of divers whose purpose is to find smuggled drugs, the Dutch Customs Diving Team (CDT). The unique border policing is done under the water line as cocaine is not only ...
A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland marina where tide water flows steadily out to sea during ebb tide. It is a strong tidal flow of water within estuaries and other enclosed tidal areas. The riptides become the strongest where ...
The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made (進化の実 ～知らないうちに勝ち組人生～, Shinka no Mi: Shiranai Uchi ni Kachigumi Jinsei) is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Miku and illustrated by U35 (spelled "Umiko").
The location of the Gulf of Carpentaria. It covers a water area of about 300,000 km 2 (120,000 sq mi). The Gulf of Carpentaria from an 1859 Dutch map The Gulf of Carpentaria between Bentinck Island and the Australian continent Loading ore from McArthur River zinc mine at Bing Bong Loading Facility, 2011 Gulf of Carpentaria from MODIS Karumba Beach, Karumba, Queensland Melbidir II anchored off ...
On 12 June 1950, An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashed 5.5 km (3.4mls) into the sea SE of Bahrain because the pilot did not keep an accurate check of his altitude and rate of descent during the approach, allowing the aircraft to impact the sea. Pilot fatigue also may have played a factor. 46 out of the 52 passengers and crew were killed.