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evaporation rate of 2,800 mm (110 in). As a result of less water flowing into the Gulf, the currents tend to flow inward from the
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1347:Visayan Sea
1327:Solomon Sea
1322:Sibuyan Sea
1317:Shantar Sea
1272:Molucca Sea
1267:Mar de Grau
1197:Chilean Sea
1192:Celebes Sea
1187:Camotes Sea
1152:Arafura Sea
1064:Arabian Sea
1059:Andaman Sea
1011:Sea of Azov
986:Myrtoan Sea
801:Alboran Sea
753:Pechora Sea
748:Lincoln Sea
718:Chukchi Sea
708:Barents Sea
685:Weddell Sea
655:Lazarev Sea
170:El Salvador
1492:Categories
1411:Superocean
1385:Salton Sea
1352:Yellow Sea
1342:Tasman Sea
1287:Salish Sea
1167:Bering Sea
1074:Flores Sea
1041:Wadden Sea
971:Libyan Sea
941:Ionian Sea
936:Hudson Bay
881:Foxe Basin
871:Celtic Sea
831:Baltic Sea
821:Baffin Bay
796:Aegean Sea
768:Wandel Sea
743:Laptev Sea
675:Scotia Sea
660:Mawson Sea
405:References
278:See also:
153:pronounced
69:newspapers
1307:Seram Sea
1277:Moro Gulf
1202:Coral Sea
1182:Bohol Sea
1177:Bohai Sea
1162:Banda Sea
1134:Timor Sea
991:North Sea
956:James Bay
946:Irish Sea
856:Black Sea
773:White Sea
680:Somov Sea
640:Davis Sea
379:volcanoes
333:mangroves
329:ecosystem
315:estuaries
264:Meanguera
199:In 1849,
178:Nicaragua
1444:Category
1380:Dead Sea
1370:Aral Sea
1337:Sulu Sea
1292:Savu Sea
1262:Koro Sea
1257:Java Sea
1157:Bali Sea
738:Kara Sea
670:Ross Sea
311:salinity
306:tropical
298:el Tigre
174:Honduras
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1462:13°15′N
1129:Red Sea
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326:wetland
313:in the
217:British
184:History
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83:scholar
1394:Others
600:oceans
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393:novel
372:shrimp
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364:crabs
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389:The
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139:The
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