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  2. Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Wikipedia

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    The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (also Pacific trash vortex and North Pacific Garbage Patch [1]) is a garbage patch, a gyre of marine debris particles, in the central North Pacific Ocean. It is located roughly from 135°W to 155°W and 35°N to 42°N . [ 2 ]

  3. Garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    The South Pacific garbage patch is an area of ocean with increased levels of marine debris and plastic particle pollution, within the ocean's pelagic zone. This area is in the South Pacific Gyre , which itself spans from waters east of Australia to the South American continent, as far north as the Equator , and south until reaching the ...

  4. South Pacific garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    The South Pacific garbage patch is an area of ocean with increased levels of marine debris and plastic particle pollution, within the ocean's pelagic zone. This area is in the South Pacific Gyre , which itself spans from waters east of Australia to the South American continent, as far north as the Equator , and south until reaching the ...

  5. List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data

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    Link and coordinates Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat Komando Daerah Militer III Indonesia On August 8, 2024, the Satellite imagery of Indonesian military installations were censored on Google Maps. [9] 6°54′36″S 107° 36′40″E Direktorat Ajudan Jenderal Angkatan Darat 6°54′53″S 107° 37′06″E

  6. North Atlantic garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    The plastic data collected by the students at SEA validated Maximenko's model, and researchers were able to successfully predict plastic accumulation in the North Atlantic Ocean. [ 14 ] A recent study published in December 2022 investigated the microbial communities found in the North Atlantic Garbage Patch and compared the data to the Great ...

  7. Ocean gyre - Wikipedia

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    Ocean circulation re-distributes the heat and water-resources, therefore determines the regional climate. For example, the western branches of the subtropical gyres flow from the lower latitudes towards higher latitudes, bringing relatively warm and moist air to the adjacent land, contributing to a mild and wet climate (e.g., East China, Japan).

  8. Google Earth - Wikipedia

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    Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.

  9. Indian Ocean garbage patch - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Ocean Garbage Patch on a continuous ocean map centered near the south pole. The Indian Ocean garbage patch, discovered in 2010, is a marine garbage patch, a gyre of marine litter, suspended in the upper water column of the central Indian Ocean, specifically the Indian Ocean Gyre, one of the five major oceanic gyres.