Sentence examples for shallow passage from inspiring English sources

They are composed entirely of limestone, surrounded by extensive reefs, and separated from each other by a narrow (∼100 m), shallow passage [41].

However in contrast with Astyanax, these families also occur in the Caribbean islands, and as secondary fishes could have crossed through a shallow passage between South America and Central America during the Miocene [ 13, 20, 22].

But because the Arctic Ocean is connected to the Pacific and Atlantic by relatively shallow passages, it is possible that vents there -- isolated for millions of years -- might support species not seen anywhere else, the scientists said.

"When the alternative is shallower passages and shallower questions, what are we debating here?" he said.

Leading to a tympanic membrane on each side of the head is a shallow external passage the outside opening of which is protected by an earlid that is closed when the animal enters the water and dives.

Prien initially mistook the more southerly Skerry Sound for the chosen route and his sudden realisation that U-47 was heading for the shallow blocked passage forced him to order a rapid turn to the northeast.

The other access channel, Boca Grande, was too shallow to allow the passage of ocean-going ships.

These shoals were too shallow to permit the passage of larger warships, and so Brueys ordered his thirteen ships of the line to form up in a line of battle following the northeastern edge of the shoals to the south of the island, a position that allowed the ships to disembark supplies from their port sides while covering the landings with their starboard batteries.

The hemmema was a specialized vessel for use in the shallow waters and narrow passages that surround the thousands of islands and islets extending from the Swedish capital of Stockholm into the Gulf of Finland.

It felt like a Britain of culturally shallow adults, hoping to deny the passage of time, trying not to face the fact that they are now into the autumn of their years.

During the larger expedition, divers explored both shallow and deep sites in the Verde Island passage, a little-known hotspot of marine diversity.