The area may provide good springs or opportunities for a well or be near to municipal water lines.

Mines need to be recognized as a major element in anti-submarine warfare employment, extended to deep water, and have their effective area per unit increased.

It had grown hot early that day, and I hoped that the boy, my brother's son, would soon come across the broad black area of plowed ground, carrying the jar of cool water.

With a total area of about, it covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area.

The cold water currents contribute to heavy fog off the coast of eastern Canada ( the Grand Banks of Newfoundland area ) and Africa's north-western coast.

It really means a broad area of water containing several islands

Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open area due to human technologies enabling more convenient and faster transport, predominantly by air and water, as well as land.

Consumed countrywide, this product features a peculiarity of its own in this area: it is not only prepared with hot water, but, driven by the region's high temperatures, it is common to see it prepared with cold water as well, in which case the beverage is known as tereré.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of, of which, of it is land and of it ( 0. 89 %) is water.

A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides.

According to the United States Census Bureau the city's area includes of land and ( 40. 83 %) water, most of it part of San Francisco Bay.

Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 2. 7 % of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 8. 9 %.

Dabormida's remains were never found, although his brother learned from an old woman living in the area that she had given water to a mortally wounded Italian officer, " a chief, a great man with spectacles and a watch, and golden stars ".

The area of Costa Rica is 51, 100 km² of which 50, 660 km² is land and 440 km² is water, making it slightly smaller than the U. S. state of West Virginia.

In powdered form, however, the reaction with water is extremely rapid, as the increased surface area of the powder accelerates the reaction with the water.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Cambridge has a total area of, of which of it is land and of it ( 9. 82 %) is water.

Carboxylic acids tend to have higher boiling points than water, not only because of their increased surface area, but because of their tendency to form stabilised dimers.

The area forms a water divide, more dramatically at regional flood stage.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of, of which is land and ( 20. 70 %) is water.

According to the 2010 census, the city has a total area of, of which ( or 98. 64 %) is land and ( or 1. 40 %) is water.

* The site is a newly reclaimed area with a maximum water table rises to about 2 metres ( 6. 5 ft ) below ground level.

Collectively they are commonly known as " water plantain ".

An additional line of reasoning in support of particle theory ( and by extension atomic theory ) began in 1827 when botanist Robert Brown used a microscope to look at dust grains floating in water and discovered that they moved about erratically — a phenomenon that became known as " Brownian motion ".

The ratio of the length of rode to the water depth is known as the scope.

In October 1704, after the ships had parted ways because of a dispute between Stradling and Dampier, the Cinque Ports was brought by Stradling to an island that is today known as Robinson Crusoe Island in the uninhabited archipelago of Juan Fernández off the coast of Chile for a mid-expedition restocking of supplies and fresh water.

Farther north the western depression, known as the Albertine Rift is occupied for more than half its length by water, forming the Great Lakes of Tanganyika, Kivu, Lake Edward and Lake Albert, the first-named over 400 miles ( 600 km ) long and the longest freshwater lake in the world.

Other typical drinks include wine ( occasionally mixed with carbonated water known as soda ); tea and coffee are equally important.

Although it has been known for a while that the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara flow into each other in an example of a density flow, findings of a study by the University of Leeds in August 2010 reveal that there is in fact an underwater channel of high density water flowing across the floor of the Bosphorus ( caused by the difference in density of the two seas ), which would be the sixth largest river on Earth if it were to be on land.

The researchers estimate that the river — known as a submarine channel — would be the sixth largest river in the world if it were on land based on the amount of water flowing through it.

Vases filled with water used to start fires were known in the ancient world, and metaphorical significance was drawn ( by the early Church Fathers, for instance ) from the fact that the water remained cool even though the light passing through it would set materials on fire.

The tribal name, probably a derivation from batawjō (" good island ", from Germanic bat-" good, excellent " and awjō " island, land near water "), refers to the region's fertility, today known as the fruitbasket of the Netherlands ( the Betuwe ).

They are known for their alarm signal: when startled or frightened, a swimming beaver will rapidly dive while forcefully slapping the water with its broad tail, audible over great distances above and below water.

The waters of Burton in England contain gypsum, which benefits making pale ale to such a degree that brewers of pale ales will add gypsum to the local water in a process known as Burtonisation.

The game is started by the Mayor of Bodmin by throwing a silver ball into a body of water known as the " Salting Pool ".

The force due to surrounding water is known to be normal to the surface of the water because a liquid in equilibrium cannot support shear stresses.

A bain-marie (; also known as a water bath in English,,, or ) is a French term for a piece of equipment used in science, industry, and cooking to heat materials gently and gradually to fixed temperatures, or to keep materials warm over a period of time.

Frequently a temporary return of marine conditions resulted in marine or brackish water genera such as Lingula, Orbiculoidea, and Productus being found in the thin beds known as marine bands.

Not all fish have suffered from the modifications to the river ; the northern pikeminnow ( formerly known as the squawfish ) thrives in the warmer, slower water created by the dams.

Before being released back into the river, the used water was held in large tanks known as retention basins for up to six hours.

Clipperton's lagoon is devoid of fish, and contains some deep basins with depths of, including a spot known as Trou-Sans-Fond, or " the bottomless hole ", with acidic water at its base.

Aside from the lagoon and water caught from rain, no other freshwater sources are known to exist on the island.