How fast is the Gulf Stream near shore?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Randy Gray 5.6 miles per hournine kilometers per hour (5.6 miles per hour). How far from shore is the Gulf Stream? The Gulf Stream stretches 40 to 50 miles wide off the coast of southeast Florida as it chugs and snakes, ultimately toward Iceland, at a clip of 2 to 4 miles per
How common is it for warm fronts to be responsible for record high temperatures?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Dustin Bennett What is warm front in meteorology? A warm front forms when a warm air mass pushes into a cooler air mass, shown in the image to the right (A). Warm fronts often bring stormy weather as the warm air mass at the surface rises above the cool air mass, making clouds
How to find latitude and longitude?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Dustin Bennett Get the coordinates of a place On your computer, open Google Maps. Right-click the place or area on the map. This will open a pop-up window. You can find your latitude and longitude in decimal format at the top. To copy the coordinates automatically, left click on the latitude and longitude.
How old is Casiquiare canal?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Bee Williams Where is the only natural river or canal connecting two basins in the world? The Casiquiare link between the Orinoco and the AmazonAmazonThe Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about 6,300,000 km2 (2,400,000
How do meteorologists grade their past forecasts?
Earth ScienceAsked by: Bee Williams How do meteorologists determine the forecast? Meteorologists use computer programs called weather models to make forecasts. Since we can’t collect data from the future, models have to use estimates and assumptions to predict future weather. The atmosphere is changing all the time, so those estimates are less reliable the further you
Geo-Spherical shape of Earth
Earth ScienceAsked by: Marcus Cahill The earth’s shape is a spheroidspheroidAn oblate spheroid is a famous shape. It is the shape of the Earth and some other planets. It is like a sphere squashed from the top so the circumference around the poles is less than the circumference around the equator. Shapes of this type are