O'Kane Canyon - meaning and definition. What is O'Kane Canyon
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What (who) is O'Kane Canyon - definition


O'Kane Canyon         
O'Kane Canyon () is a steep-walled canyon at the head of O'Kane Glacier, indenting the east side of Eisenhower Range between Mount Baxter and Eskimo Point, in Victoria Land. Named by the Southern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962–63, for H.
John O'Kane Murray         
  • John O'Kane Murray
IRISH WRITER AND PHYSICIAN
Murray, John O'Kane
John O'Kane Murray (December 12, 1847 – July 30, 1885) was a physician and author. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, in 1847.
Urban canyon         
  • In the skimming flow regime, the wind vortex made inside a street canyon, when mean wind direction is perpendicular to the street (after Oke, 1988)
  • The comparison of (a) isolated roughness flow and (b) skimming flow regimes in a street canyon (after Oke, 1988)
PLACE WHERE THE STREET IS FLANKED BY BUILDINGS ON BOTH SIDES, CREATING A CANYON-LIKE ENVIRONMENT
Canyon effect; Urban canyons; Street canyon effect; Street canyon
An urban canyon (also known as a street canyon) is a place where the street is flanked by buildings on both sides creating a canyon-like environment, evolved etymologically from the Canyon of Heroes in Manhattan. Such human-built canyons are made when streets separate dense blocks of structures, especially skyscrapers.