surrounding ocean

collocation in English

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surrounding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/us
/səˈraʊn.dɪŋ/
that is everywhere ...
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ocean
noun
uk
/ˈəʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈoʊ.ʃən/
a very large area ...
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(Definition ofsurroundingandoceanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As well as receiving nutrients from thesurroundingocean, the island in turn influences the nutrient concentration and productivity of the ocean.
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Our experts knew that the ocean was clean, that the sites had been carefully selected for dumping, and that thesurroundingoceanarea was continuously monitored.
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Numerous passages connect the lagoon to thesurroundingocean, only a couple of which will admit even a small boat.
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Thesurroundingoceanhas a warming effect, making winters milder than the mainland.
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The blood plasma, interstitial fluid, and cytoplasm of cells in southern bluefin tuna are hyposmotic to thesurroundingoceanwater.
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Surroundingoceanwaters are warm, pushed by equatorial and counter-equatorial currents.
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These pools are bodies of water that have a salinity that is three to five times greater than that of thesurroundingocean.
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The heat expelled by the magma expands the lithosphere and asthenosphere at the ridge, pushing them above thesurroundingoceanfloor.
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The blue is supposed to represent thesurroundingocean, while the green represents the land.
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During the 20082009 summer several crocodiles (one over 4 metres in length) were present in thesurroundingocean.
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The remaining issue is the status of the continental shelf rights ofsurroundingoceanfloor.
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Sealers and whalers soon started hunting in thesurroundingoceanwith the islands as their base.
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Thesurroundingoceanis shallow with some depths to 22m.
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These pools are bodies of water that have a salinity three to five times greater than thesurroundingocean.
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Huge shoals of krill live in the cold, oxygen-rich waters of thesurroundingocean.
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They all rise steeply from thesurroundingoceanfloor.
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The church of life is not in a building, it is the open sky, thesurroundingocean, the beautiful soil...
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Though the tilapias thrive in brackish water of the flats, they will not last long should they escape into thesurroundingocean.
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Thesurroundingoceanand tower footings also transmitted distant sounds along the steel legs, amplifying them throughout the entire structure.
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There was not much land that could be farmed nor many trees that could be felled, but the richness of thesurroundingoceanmade it possible for people to settle.
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