Great Pacific garbage patch
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great-pacific-garbage-patch-206-1486048
title:
Great Pacific garbage patch
text:
The Great Pacific garbage patch is a garbage patch, a gyre of marine debris particles, in the central North Pacific Ocean. It is located roughly from 135°W to 155°W and 35°N to 42°N. The collection of plastic and floating trash originates from the Pacific Rim, including countries in Asia, North America, and South America. Despite the common public perception of the patch existing as giant islands of floating garbage, its low density prevents detection by satellite imagery, or even by casual boat
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Gyre of debris in the North Pacific
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch
date created:
2005-12-29T02:18:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T00:24:43Z
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