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unusual facts about Bodies of Water


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The band styles its core members as the pseudonymous Torg, Gala Bell, and Kamar Maza, however videos and live performances have revealed them to be David and Meredith Metcalf of the indie-rock band Bodies of Water.



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Air mass

Mountains and warm bodies of water can slow the movement of fronts.

Aquatic

Marine biology, the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water

Checkered garter snake

They are typically found near permanent bodies of water, such as streams and ponds, but have also been found in the semidesert region of the High Plains of West Texas.

Chingaza Natural National Park

One of the most representative and culturally significant bodies of water is the Siecha Gaps, a group of three lakes in the municipality of Guasca.

Coastal and offshore rowing

This has taken place mainly on False Bay from the naval base at Simon's Town, but there have also been regular outings to bodies of water elsewhere in the region, including the Berg and Breede Rivers, Langebaan and Hermanus lagoons, and the Atlantic ocean in the vicinity of Cape Point.

Geography of Omaha

Though located at approximately the same latitude as Rome, Italy, Omaha, by virtue of its location near the center of North America far from large bodies of water or mountain ranges, has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfa), with hot summers and cold winters.

Heliodiaptomus kolleruensis

It was described in 1981 from specimens collected in the Krishna River, Lake Kolleru and bodies of water in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Ilomantsi

The most important bodies of water in Ilomantsi are the lakes Koitere and Nuorajärvi and the river Koitajoki.

Ivu

Ice shove (Inupiat terminology is Ivu), a surge of ice from large bodies of water onto the shore

Lake Narach

Linguists think that its name is probably from the Indo-European root *nar- often found in names of bodies of water (e.g., the Nara and Neris rivers).

Myrothecium verrucaria

Because the mixture may be toxic to aquatic organisms, it is not approved for use in or near bodies of water.

Nonneseter Abbey, Bergen

The abbey was located on a promontory on the north bank of the Lillestrømmen, a stream which once connected two bodies of water, Store Lungegårdsvannet and Lille Lungegårdsvannet, approximately in the area of the present Kaigaten.

Open Water

Open water swimming, an activity in which people swim in large, outdoor bodies of water such as oceans, bays, lakes and rivers

Peconic

Peconic Bay, two bodies of water between the North Fork and the South Fork of Long Island, New York

Petitcodiac River Campaign

The Petitcodiac is situated between two smaller rivers – the Shepody River (off Shepody Bay) and the Memramcook river (the three bodies of water were often called "Trois-Rivières" by its inhabitants.) Weeks after the Expulsion began with the Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755), the British forces raided villages at Chipoudy and Petitcodiac (Hillsborough, New Brunswick).

Ponquogue Parkway

These parkway spurs, which would use bascule lift bridges, were to connect to the William Floyd Parkway (current-day CR 46) and Ponquogue Avenue (current-day CR 32), which would cross their respective bodies of water and terminate at a junction with Montauk Highway (NY 27A) in Shirley and Hampton Bays.

Riesco Island

The narrow Fitzroy Channel connects both bodies of water and separates the island from mainland Patagonia.

Ruddy Darter

It tends to prefer quiet bodies of water that feature semiaquatic vegetation such as rushes and reeds.

Sarah Lindsay

In addition to writing the two chapbooks Bodies of Water and Insomniac's Lullabye, Lindsay has authored two books in the Grove Press Poetry Series: Primate Behavior (a National Book Award finalist) and Mount Clutter.

Snohomish County, Washington

The mountains provide a source for several major rivers in the east, including the Snohomish, Snoqualmie, and Stillaguamish, that in turn form major bodies of water to the west.

Tasu Sound

It has several smaller bodies of water within its reaches, including Gold Harbour, the location of Gold Harbour, British Columbia.

Water and religion

Many religions also consider particular sources or bodies of water to be sacred or at least auspicious; examples include Lourdes in Roman Catholicism, the Jordan River (at least symbolically) in some Christian churches, the Zamzam Well in Islam and the River Ganges (among many others) in Hinduism.

Watercress darter

The watercress darter is only known to exist in four specific bodies of water, two in the Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge and two at the Seven Springs in the Powderly neighborhood of Birmingham.

Waterloo State Recreation Area

Crooked Lake, Clear Lake, Little Portage Lake, Mill Lake, Sugarloaf Lake, Doyle Lake, Merkle Lake, Mud Lake, and the Winnewana Impoundment are among the eleven bodies of water found in the park.

Wayne Township, Bollinger County, Missouri

Other bodies of water located in the township include the Castor River, Cypress Pond, the Headwater Diversion Channel, and Wonder (Sherman's) Lake.

Winter swimming

To celebrate this, holes are cut in the ice on rivers, lakes or other bodies of water, usually in the form of a Christian or Orthodox cross.