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(Encyclopedia) Whitney, Asa, 1797–1872, American merchant and transcontinental railroad projector, b. North Groton, Conn. He entered the mercantile business in New York City, acted as a foreign buyer for several y...

(Encyclopedia) trench: see ocean.

(Encyclopedia) gyre: see ocean.

(Encyclopedia) littoral zone: see ocean.

(Encyclopedia) pelagic zone: see ocean.

(Encyclopedia) abyssal plain: see ocean.

(Encyclopedia) aphotic zone: see ocean.

(Encyclopedia) continental shelf: see ocean.

(Encyclopedia) turbidity current: see ocean.

(Encyclopedia) thermohaline circulation: see ocean. ...