sargasso

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The gulf weed
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Sargasso Sea
An elongated area in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents
Sargasso Sea
Body of still water in the North Atlantic Ocean. Elliptical in shape and strewn with a brown floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum, it lies between the parallels 20° and 35° N and the meridians 30° and 70° W and encompasses the Bermuda islands. It was first mentioned by Christopher Columbus, who crossed it in 1492. The presence of the seaweed suggested the proximity of land and encouraged him to continue, but many early navigators feared becoming entangled in the floating vegetation and turned back
sargasso sea
The west central region of the subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic Ocean It is bounded by the North Atlantic, Canary, North Equatorial, and Antilles Currents, and the Gulf Stream It is characterized by the absence of any well-marked currents and by large quantities of drifting Sargassum, or gulf weed
sargasso sea
An elliptical section of the N Atlantic Ocean between latitudes 20°N and 35°N and longitudes 30°W and 70°W Contained within a current system, it is still and warm It takes its name from the floating brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum (gulfweed), found in it
sargasso sea
is the area of the N Atlantic ocean enclosed by the subtropical gyre circulation The Sargasso Sea is east of the U S and south of the Gulf Stream It is relatively warm, salty and is populated by many oceanic eddies
sargasso sea
a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed
sargasso sea
An area of the North Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Azores It is in the middle of the North Atlantic oceanic gyre, with converging surface waters Consequently, it has less biological features than any other region of the ocean because the lack of mixing with more nutrient-rich waters
sargasso

    Hyphenation

    sar·gas·so

    Turkish pronunciation

    särgäsō

    Pronunciation

    /särˈgasō/ /sɑːrˈɡæsoʊ/

    Etymology

    [ sär-'ga-(")sO ] (noun.) 1598. Portuguese sargaço.
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