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Great Pacific Garbage Patch

name

Etymology

great (“large in terms of size or importance”) + Pacific (“relating to the Pacific Ocean”) + garbage patch (“gyre of marine debris”)

Definitions

  1. A geographic area and large gyre of mostly plastic marine debris in the North Pacific…

    A geographic area and large gyre of mostly plastic marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean, the largest garbage patch in the world.

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