adjacent sea

adjacent sea

[ə′jās·ənt ′sē]
(geography)
A sea connected with the oceans but semienclosed by land; examples are the Caribbean Sea and North Polar Sea.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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They generally remained on the coast and about the adjacent seas, for two years, carrying on as wandering and adventurous a commerce on the water as did the traders and trappers on land.
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Substantial numbers of chinstrap and gentoo penguins, as well as fur seals, occupy the beach and adjacent sea stacks.
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Aside from leachate created in the Costa Brava leaking into the adjacent sea, during stormy months general waste from the site regularly spills out to sea, washing ashore several kilometers north on Beirut's Ramlet al-Baida beach.
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Alwaleed on Thursday rode a construction elevator about 30 floors to meet reporters in the concrete shell of the building, which already offers views over the rest of Jeddah and the adjacent sea.
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He wished the medals to be awarded to "those who had done an 'heroic deed' - in the widest acceptance of the phrase - either within the ebb and flow of the Tyne or its adjacent sea or by Tynesiders on a foreign sea, or by foreigners in local waters."
The home front heroes; MARLEEN VINCENTEN, of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, has been researching the impact of the First World War on Tyne and Wear, and the contribution that people in the North East made to the war effort on the home front
Black & Veatch will be responsible for studies of site and adjacent sea conditions, conceptual process and engineering design, and preparation of tender documents.
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As per the contract, Black & Veatch will be responsible for studies of site and adjacent sea conditions, conceptual process and engineering design, and preparation of tender documents.
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US-headquartered Black & Veatch will be responsible for carrying out studies into the site and adjacent sea conditions, as well as carrying out designs and preparing tender documents for contractors.
Black & Veatch to design huge Jeddah desal plant

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