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Jekyll Island dị n'etiti St. Simons Island n'ebe ugwu na Cumberland
Island dị na ndịda ma ọ dị ihe dịka 7 kilomita ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Brunswick.  Agwaetiti ahụ dị kilomita 8
ogologo na 2.25 kilomita n'ofe ya kacha obosara.  Ọ na-agụnye ihe dịka 5,000 acres
apiti, osimiri, na ugwu (elu ala).* Ihu igwe nke a: n'ụsọ oké osimiri bụ
na-agafeghị oke, na obere oyi na ogologo mmiri na ọdịda.  Okpomọkụ n'oge
ọnwa kacha mma (July na Ọgọst) sitere na 80s dị elu ruo na 90s dị elu.  Site na
Disemba ruo February, okpomọkụ na-adịkarị site na 40s ruo 60s dị ala,
na friza mgbe ụfọdụ.  N'ihi mmetụta mgbanwe nke oke osimiri na oke osimiri
ikuku, okpomọkụ dị n'agwaetiti ndị mgbochi anaghị adị oke oke dị ka ndị nọ na
ala gbara osimiri okirikiri.*
Nkezi mmiri ozuzo kwa afọ n'agwaetiti ndị dị n'ụsọ osimiri dị ihe dịka sentimita iri ise na atọ.  Ọtụtụ mmiri ozuzo
na-abịa site na mpaghara ehihie thunderstorms (convectional oké ifufe) site May ruo
Ọgọst.  Mmiri na-ezo n'oge ọdịda, oyi, na mmalite oge opupu ihe ubi bụ ihe si n'oké ifufe pụta
usoro na-ekpuchi nnukwu mpaghara United States.  N'oge okpomọkụ na ọdịda, okpomọkụ
oké ifufe nwere ike iweta nnukwu mmiri ozuzo.  Oge nkụ dị ka ọ sitere na Nọvemba
ruo February."
Ikuku kachasi ike na-esi na ndịda na ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ n'oge ọkọchị, na site na ugwu
na ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ n'oge oyi.  Ifufe kacha sie ike na-esikarị na ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ.
Ajọ ifufe na-agafe ma ọ bụ nso n'ụsọ oké osimiri Georgia ihe dị ka otu ugboro n'afọ iri.  Ọtụtụ
ajọ ifufe na-abịa n'ụsọ oké osimiri Atlantic na-agbaso ụzọ nke ikuku ọkụ n'elu
Gulf Stream, 80 ruo 100 kilomita site na mpaghara Brunswick, yabụ ruo n'ókè ụfọdụ mpaghara ahụ dị.
echedoro site na oke ọnọdụ ọdịda anyanwụ ya (Fig 3).°
'Ụdị usoro mmiri ozuzo n'akụkụ ụsọ oké osimiri ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ, oke osimiri abụọ dị elu na oke mmiri abụọ dị ala
na-eme na mmiri Georgia kwa ụbọchị.  Ọ bụghị ihe a na-ahụkarị bụ oke tides Georgia.  Mgbe
Cape Hatteras n'ebe ugwu na Miami n'ebe ndịda n'ozuzu nwere 2-ụkwụ tides, ndị
Osimiri Georgia nwere ebili mmiri dị n'ụkwụ 6 ruo 9.
Ihe osise 3 na-egosi na ụsọ oké osimiri Georgia dị anya n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Miami na Cape
Hatteras ma dị na etiti etiti oke osimiri gbara agbagọ nke a na-akpọ
Georgia Bight nke sitere na Cape Fear North Carolina ruo Cape Canaveral,
Florida.  Dị ka tide, oke ogologo ebili mmiri na-ewe awa 12 na nkeji iri abụọ na ise.
Na-eru nso n'ụsọ oké osimiri Atlantic, ebili mmiri n'ihu rute n'ebe ugwu akụkụ nke
Bight mbụ.  Ka ebili mmiri na-abata n'ikpere mmiri ndị a, ike ebili mmiri na-atụgharị
n'ebe ndịda, Ebili mmiri ndị a tụgharịrị na-adaba n'ihu mmiri mmiri, nke ka na-aga
n'ala n'ebe etiti Bight.  N'ụzọ dị otú a, mmiri na-ekpokọta, na-amụba
mmụba nke oke mmiri ka mmiri na-erute n'ụsọ oké osimiri Georgia.'
Ewezuga ọnọdụ oke mmiri ozuzo, ike ebili mmiri dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri Georgia dị ala kemgbe
ike nke ebili mmiri na-abịa site n'oké osimiri mepere emepe na-agbasa site na esemokwu ala dị ka
ebili mmiri na-agafe n'ofe mmiri na-emighị emi.  Site na Georgia Coast, na
shelf kọntinent na-agbada na nkezi nke 1 ruo 2 ụkwụ kwa mile.  Ogwe ájá dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri na
mbanye shoals na-ebute mfu ọzọ nke ike ebili mmiri site na ịmanye ebili mmiri na-agbaji na mbụ
rute n'ụsọ osimiri.
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