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The Schengen Area ( English: / ˈʃɛŋən / SHENG-ən, Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ⓘ) is an area encompassing 29 European countries that have officially abolished border controls at their mutual borders.
Schengen Agreement. The Schengen Agreement ( English: / ˈʃɛŋən / SHENG-ən, Luxembourgish: [ˈʃæŋən] ⓘ) is a treaty which led to the creation of Europe's Schengen Area, in which internal border checks have largely been abolished. It was signed on 14 June 1985, near the town of Schengen, Luxembourg, by five of the ten member states of ...
Line-of-sight propagation. Line-of-sight propagation is a characteristic of electromagnetic radiation or acoustic wave propagation which means waves can only travel in a direct visual path from the source to the receiver without obstacles. [ 1] Electromagnetic transmission includes light emissions traveling in a straight line.
The pelagic zone refers to the open, free waters away from the shore, where marine life can swim freely in any direction unhindered by topographical constraints. The oceanic zone is the deep open ocean beyond the continental shelf, which contrasts with the inshore waters near the coast, such as in estuaries or on the continental shelf. Waters ...
The oceanic zone is typically defined as the area of the ocean lying beyond the continental shelf (e.g. the neritic zone ), but operationally is often referred to as beginning where the water depths drop to below 200 metres (660 ft), seaward from the coast into the open ocean with its pelagic zone . It is the region of open sea beyond the edge ...
An open space reserve (also called open space preserve, open space reservation, and green space) is an area of protected or conserved land or water on which development is indefinitely set aside. The purpose of an open space reserve may include the preservation or conservation of a community or region's rural natural or historic character; the ...
EE WiFi is a wi-fi hotspot service provided by BT Group for the UK. Its predecessor, BT Wi-fi was established following a rebranding of the former BT Openzone and BT Fon, bringing both of the services under one name until the Fon partnership ended. [ 1] It supports the BT Consumer division. It is the UK's largest wi-fi network [ 2] with more ...
The littoral zone of an ocean is the area close to the shore and extending out to the edge of the continental shelf. The intertidal zone of a beach is also part of the littoral zone. Estuaries are also in the littoral zone. Look up littoral in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up circumlittoral, infralittoral, sublittoral, or supralittoral ...