Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Etymology
[edit]great (“large in terms of size or importance”) + Pacific (“relating to the Pacific Ocean”) + garbage patch (“gyre of marine debris”)
Proper noun
[edit]the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- (oceanography) A large gyre of mostly plastic marine debris in the North Pacific, the largest garbage patch in the world.
- Synonyms: Pacific Trash Vortex, North Pacific Garbage Patch
Derived terms
[edit]- GPGP (abbreviation)
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[edit]See also
[edit]Great Pacific Garbage Patch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Great Pacific Garbage Patch on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons