For a brief period each year, the rays of the sun are warm enough to melt some of the snows piled a mile deep at the base of the headwalls, and then the pinnacles glisten in the daytime at high noon, and billions of gallons of water begin their slow seepage under the glaciers and across the rockstrewn hanging valleys on their long, meandering journey to the sea -- running east past the sky-carving massifs of Gurla Mandhata and Kemchenjunga, then turning south and curling down through the jungles of Assam, past the Khasi Hills, and into Bengal, past Sirinjani and Madaripur, until the hard water of the melting snows mingles with the soft drainage of fields and at length fans out to meld with the teeming salt depths of the Bay of Bengal.

She looked out at the corn field, the great green deep acres of it rolled out like the sea in the field beyond the whitewashed fence bordering the grounds.

Another popular activity is deep sea fishing.

Upwelling of deep water under the sea ice brings substantial amounts of nutrients.

These channels are the main transport pathway for sediments to the deep sea where they form sedimentary deposits.

Specifically as flow moves around a bend it spirals in the opposite direction in the deep sea compared to the spiral to that found in river channels on land.

Some common examples are the high electrical conductivity of pure copper, the excellent deep drawing qualities of cartridge case brass, the low-friction properties of bearing bronze, the resonant qualities of bell bronze, and the resistance to corrosion by sea water of several bronze alloys.

Blue is the colour of the clear sky and the deep sea.

In 2005, Clipperton's ecosystem was extensively studied for four months by a scientific mission organized by Jean-Louis Étienne, which made a complete inventory of mineral, plant, and animal species found on the atoll, studied algae as deep as 100 m ( 330 ft ) below sea level, and examined the effects of pollution on the island.

Stagnation of deep sea currents in middle Cretaceous times caused anoxic conditions in the sea water.

A downside, however, would be an increase in aerobic bacteria growth due to the introduction of biomass, leading to more competition for oxygen resources in the deep sea, similar to the oxygen minimum zone.

This appeared to be confirmed by the exploration of the deep sea beds conducted by the Challenger expedition, 1872-6, which showed that contrary to expectation, land debris brought down by rivers to the ocean is deposited comparatively close to the shore in what is now known as the continental shelf.

The country's central spine, a northwest-southeast axis of steep volcanic slopes and deep gorges, generally varies in elevation from above sea level.

Upon their arrival, Odin threw Jörmungandr into " that deep sea that lies round all lands ", and then threw Hel into Niflheim, and bestowed upon her authority over nine worlds.

Upon their arrival, Odin threw Jörmungandr into " that deep sea that lies round all lands ," Odin threw Hel into Niflheim, and bestowed upon her authority over nine worlds, in that she must " administer board and lodging to those sent to her, and that is those who die of sickness or old age.

In 2011 evidence was uncovered in neighbouring East Timor, showing that 42, 000 years ago these early settlers had high-level maritime skills, and by implication the technology needed to make ocean crossings to reach Australia and other islands, as they were catching and consuming large numbers of big deep sea fish such as tuna.

Reporting on these developments in his annual report to the Authority in April 2008, Secretary-General Nandan referred also to the upward trend in demand and prices for cobalt, copper, nickel and manganese, the main metals that would be derived from seabed mining, and he noted that technologies being developed for offshore extraction could be adapted for deep sea mining.

With the rapid Arctic sea ice decline in the Hudson Strait, their range now extends deep into the northwest Atlantic.

When over deep the lake is no more salty than the sea, but salinity increases as the water evaporates, with saturation occurring at about a depth.

In July 2011 a research expedition deployed untethered landers, called dropcams, equipped with digital video and lights to explore this region of the deep sea.

In fact, by the middle Cretaceous, equatorial ocean waters ( perhaps as warm as 20 ° C in the deep ocean ) may have been too warm for sea life, and land areas near the equator may have been deserts despite their proximity to water.

* Mediterranean sea ( oceanography ), an oceanographic term to designate a mostly enclosed sea that has limited exchange of deep water with outer oceans

In general, the deep sea is considered to start at the aphotic zone, the point where sunlight loses its power of transference through the water.

The deepest portion of the Detroit River is deep in the northern portion of the river.

Thus, the eastern side of the modern lake is much deeper than the western portion which averages only deep.

India has remained one of its biggest trading partners ; in addition India has deep social and historical links with a large portion of the population of Mauritius, India is the country's second largest source of foreign assistance.

Morocco eventually sent a large portion of its combat forces into Western Sahara to confront the Polisario ’ s forces, which were relatively small but well-equipped, highly mobile, and resourceful, using Algerian bases for quick strikes against targets deep inside Morocco and Mauritania as well as for operations in Western Sahara.

Because a zone defense focuses defenders on stopping short passes, it leaves a large portion of the field to be covered by the remaining mid and deep players.

Generally, they contain relatively acellular centers and thick, abundant collagen bundles that form nodules in the deep dermal portion of the lesion.

Laser altimeter data obtained during the Apollo 15 and 16 missions showed that the northern portion of this basin was very deep, but since these data were only available along the near-equatorial ground tracks of the orbiting Command and Service Modules, the topography of the rest of the basin remained unknown.

Bulbourethral glands are located posterior and lateral to the membranous portion of the urethra at the base of the penis, between the two layers of the fascia of the urogenital diaphragm, in the deep perineal pouch.

This was defended by a deep ditch, which can still be traced, and by walls, a portion of which, on the eastern side, constructed of rectangular blocks of tufa, was brought to light in 1897.

Unlike most other basins on the Moon, Orientale is relatively unflooded by mare basalts, exposing much of the basin structure to view ; the central portion of Mare Orientale is covered by a thin layer of mare basalt probably less than 1 kilometer deep, much less than in other nearside mare basins.

The portion remaining was strongly fortified by deep trenches, sustained by three batteries of cannon and, in front of the fort, blocked by trees which had been cut down and the pointed ends strengthened by fire, creating a formidable defensive system.

The expedition arrived in late January 1764 in the most sheltered portion of a deep bay which they named French Bay and was later renamed Berkeley Sound.

A floodplain lies in the area of Pine Creek, which cuts a deep valley through the central portion of the township.

On 2 October 1998 the TSB initiated a heavy lift operation to retrieve the major portion of the wreckage from the deep water before the expected winter storms began.

The Rio Grande, meandering through this portion of the Chihuahuan Desert, has cut deep canyons with nearly vertical walls through three uplifts made primarily of limestone.

The remains of a portion of the cave are now a 40 m ( 130 ft ) deep chasm with a natural bridge over it.

However, the tidal portion of the James River, while navigable from Hampton Roads to the fall line at Richmond, couldn't accommodate the deep drafts of ollier ships.

The portion of the river flowing between Nihonmatsu and Fukushima forms a deep ravine called Horaikyo.

In 1949, a deep water survey reported anomalously hot brines in the central portion of the Red Sea.

Located at the base of the Verdugo Mountains, Sun Valley is notably prone to flash floods, and one such flood on Sunday, February 20, 2005 at 2237 ( 10: 37 PM PST ) destroyed a portion of the 8000 block of Tujunga Avenue and killed a Los Angeles City Civil Engineer when a sinkhole 30 feet deep opened up.

The main western portion of the lake forms a moderately deep bowl with a surface area of and a volume of.

The island is almost bisected by two deep fjords, Choiseul Sound and Brenton Loch-Grantham Sound which leaves the northern portion and Lafonia in the south, connected only by an isthmus just under wide.

* The deep portion comprises most of the gland.