Numbers of the lake's most prized sport and commercial species, walleye and yellow perch, have dipped in recent years in the fertile western basin.

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The last major Western Atlantic basin tsunami event took place in August, 1946.

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The early tropical season, June-August, may favor cyclone development in the western Atlantic basin, which can then threaten the Southeast coast.

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Atlantic Basin (Western) plays are little more than a tool to exact top prices in prime Asian markets.

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Located in the Collie basin of Western Australia, the coal giant was placed under an administrator last January after it ran into financial trouble.

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The project would have processed gas from the Browse Basin, in Western Australia, into LNG for export to Asian utilities.

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The Bakony-Balaton Global Geopark is situated in western Hungary in the north-western part of the Carpathian Basin of central Europe, surrounded by young fold mountain ranges.

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