Flow makes no splash. (Letters).The occurrence of underflows or hyperpycnal currents originating from the mouth of the Salinas River The Salinas River may refer to:
adj. 1. Relating to or resembling a river. 2. Located on or inhabiting the banks of a river; riparian: "Members of a riverine tribe ... bathometric feature existing between the river and Monterey Canyon Monterey Canyon is a submarine canyon in Monterey Bay, California often studied by the scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. Monterey Canyon begins at Moss Landing, California (long. = -121.79; lat. = 36. ("Sediments sink river's flow into sea," SN: 11/17/01, p. 308). The river has a high sediment load, so if these currents weren't present, sediments from the Salinas River would settle on the continental shelf without creation or sustenance of the riverine bathometric feature that exists today. These currents had been suspected but not observed or measured, until the new research.--S. PERKINS NORMAN S. BRAITHWAITE, REDDING Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. , CALIF. |
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