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  • From earlier: After 18 tropical cyclones in the Atlantic and Caribbean Basins this season (of tropical depression strength and stronger) -16 of which were named - the tropics are not done yet.

    Another named tropical storm on the way? Greg Postel 2010

  • In January, Angolan state-owned oil company Sonangol said BP had been selected for potential participation in four blocks—19, 24, 20 and 25—located in the Kwanza and Benguela Basins.

    BP, Angola Sign Deep-Water Exploration Deal Alexis Flynn 2011

  • More than half of the new wells planned this year will be in the Permian and Anadarko Basins, he said.

    Apache Profit Soars 73% on Stronger Output, Prices Tess Stynes 2012

  • Bandanna's tenements in Queensland state's coal-rich Bowen and Galilee Basins have a current resource of over 1.6 billion metric tons of thermal coal, used in electricity generation, and pulverized coal, used in the steelmaking process.

    Bandanna Scraps Formal Asset Sales Ross Kelly 2012

  • Title of presentation: "The Challenges and Rewards in Operating in the World's Offshore Basins."

    Gulf oil spill to reach Atlantic seaboard? [Updated] 2010

  • This resolution limited my stay in Helena to a couple of days, which were devoted to arranging for an exploration of what are now known as the Upper and the Lower Geyser Basins of the Yellowstone Park.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • The Cold Basins ecoregion contains high, wet meadows.

    Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA) 2009

  • These shrub species are sometimes called succulent desert shrubs to distinguish them from shrubs such as creosotebush typically found in the drier Chihuahuan Basins and Playas (24a).

    Ecoregions of Texas (EPA) 2009

  • The grasslands occur in areas of somewhat higher annual precipitation (10 to 15 inches) than the Chihuahuan Basins and Playas (24a), such as elevated basins between mountain ranges, low mountain benches and plateau tops, and north-facing mountain slopes.

    Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA) 2009

  • Basins with no outlets drain into shallow playa lakes that dry up during rainless periods.

    Chihuahuan Semidesert Province (Bailey) 2009

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