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Sargasso Sea

(Encyclopedia) Sargasso SeaSargasso Seasärgăsˈō [key], part of the N Atlantic Ocean, lying roughly between the West Indies and the Azores and from about lat. 20°N to lat. 35°N, in the horse latitudes…

Sargassum

(Encyclopedia) SargassumSargassumsärgăsˈəm [key], genus of brown algae that has given its name to the Sargasso Sea, where it is found in great abundance. See Phaeophyta; seaweed.

Rhys, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Rhys, JeanRhys, Jeanrēs [key], pseud. of Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams, 1894–1979, English novelist, b. Dominica. Her novels written in the 1930s mercilessly exploit her own emotional…

seaweed

(Encyclopedia) seaweed, name commonly used for the multicellular marine algae. Simpler forms, consisting of one cell (e.g., the diatom) or of a few cells, are not generally called seaweeds; these…

Rachel Ward Biography

Rachel Ward actressBorn: 9/12/1957Birthplace: Cornwell Manor, England Ward was nominated in 1982 for the New Star of the Year Golden Globe award for portraying Dominoe in the Burt Reynolds cop…

Wide Awake

Director/Writer:M. Night ShyamalanDirector of Photography:Adam HolenderEditor:Andrew MondsheinMusic:Edmund ChoiProduction Designer:Michael JohnstonProducers:Cary Woods and Cathy KonradMiramax…

Brewer's: Sea

Any large collection of water, more or less enclosed; hence the expression “molten sea,” meaning the great brazen vessel which stood in Solomon's temple (2 Chronicles iv. 5, and 1 Kings…

Banda Sea

(Encyclopedia) Banda SeaBanda Seabănˈdə, bänˈdä [key], section of the Pacific Ocean, c.600 mi (970 km) long and c.300 mi (480 km) wide, E Indonesia, outlined by the South Molucca islands. The deepest…

Irish Sea

(Encyclopedia) Irish Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), 130 mi (209 km) long and up to c.140 mi (230 km) wide, lying between Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected…

Tyrrhenian Sea

(Encyclopedia) Tyrrhenian SeaTyrrhenian Seatĭrēˈnēən [key], Ital. Tirreno, part of the Mediterranean Sea, c.475 mi (760 km) long and from 60 to 300 mi (97–483 km) wide, between the Ligurian Sea, the…