Timor Sea

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Timor Sea

an arm of the Indian Ocean between Australia and Timor. Width: about 480 km (300 miles)

Timor Sea

an arm of the Indian Ocean, situated between Australia and the island of Timor. The Timor Sea has an area of 615,000 sq km. Depths over most of the sea’s area do not exceed 200 m; maximum depth, in the Timor Trough, is 3,310 m. Currents flow eastward in the winter and westward in the summer. Water temperature varies seasonally from 25°C to 29°C. The salinity is 34–35 parts per thousand. Tides are irregular and semidiurnal, with heights of 3–4 m. The port of Darwin, Australia, is located on the Timor Sea.

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No references found			The rig which began leaking oil on August 21 has since spewed between 400 and 2,000 barrels of crude into the Timor Sea each day. Fire crews battle Timor rig blaze by Aljazeera.net SYDNEY, November 01 (SPA) - An oil rig operated by a unit of top Thai energy firm PTTEP in the Timor Sea, which has been leaking for 10 weeks, caught fire on Sunday, officials said. Leaking Timor Sea oil rig catches fire by Saudi Press Agency (SPA) Amid a fourth attempt to plug the 64-day-old leak at the Montara drilling rig, the spill, which has already spread over an area 10 times the size of London, continued to expand at the rate of 300 barrels of oil a day in an area of the Timor Sea famed for its marine reserves and coral, the fund said in a statement. Oil spill killing wildlife off-shore Australia - WWF by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)			Timofei Podgornyi Timofei Raptanov Timofei Shapkin Timofei Strokach Timofei Timofeevich Khriukin Timofei Timofeevich Shapkin Timofei Uliantsev Timofei Vasilevich Levchuk Timofeistepanovich Krivov Timok Timok Rebellion of 1883 Timoleon Timoleon of Corinth Timon Timon of Athens Timon of Phlius Timon Riabushkin Timon Vasilevich Riabushkin Timoneda, Juan de Timonen, Antti Timonen, Antti Nikolaevich Timonov, Vsevolod Timonov, Vsevolod Evgenevich Timor Timor Santa Cruz Massacre Day Timor Sea Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Anniversary of the Indonesian Invasion Timor-Leste Proclamation of Independence Day Timorlaut Timoshenko Timoshenko and Berezin Timoshenko, Semen Timoshenko, Semen Konstantinovich Timoshenko, Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko, Stepan Timoshenko, Stepan Prokofevich Timoshenko, Stepan Prokofyevich Timotheus timothy Timothy, Saint timpani Timpanogos Cave National Monument Timpton Timqat Timrava Timrod, Henry Tims Ford State Park Timsher Timucan Ecological and Historic Preserve Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve			Timonov, Vsevolod Evgenevich Timoptic Timoptic Timoptic 0.5% Extra Strength Timoptic-xe Timoptic-xe Timor Timor Timor Timor - Leste Timor - Leste Timor Aid for Children Timor Integrated Rural Development Timor Island Timor Island Timor Island Timor Laut Timor Laut Timor leste Timor leste Timor leste Timor Lorosa'e Timor Lorosa'e Timor Lorosae Journalists Association Timor ponies Timor ponies Timor Pony Timor Pony Timor Portugese Timor Santa Cruz Massacre Day Timor Sea Timor Sea Designated Authority Timor Sea Justice Campaign Timor the Lame Timor the Lame Timor Timur Timor Timur Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Timor-Leste and Development Partners Meeting Timor-Leste Anniversary of the Indonesian Invasion Timor-Leste Proclamation of Independence Day Timor-Leste Revenue Service Timor-Leste, Dem. Rep. of Timor-Leste, Dem. Rep. of Timores vani sunt aestimandi qui non cadunt in constantem virum Timorese Timorese Timorese Timorlaut timorous timorous timorously timorously timorousness timorousness Timorsome Timoshenko Timoshenko Timoshenko and Berezin Timoshenko, Semen

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