Identify the constellation of the Great Bear (Ursa Major) in the sky and use it to point the North Star (Polaris), which indicates the
direction north

places of higher salinity. there are parts of the ocean where hardly any rain falls but warm dry winds cause lots of evaporation. this evaporation removes water – when water vapour rises into the atmosphere, it leaves the salt behind, so the salinity of the seawater increases. this causes the seawater to become denser.

tocharian and anatolian were belaved to become extinct during the ninth century. =)