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Mariana, significado de Mariana ¿Qué significa el nombre Mariana?
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Mariana
Significado:
Unión de María: la elegida
y Ana: la llena de gracia.
De origen bíblico.
Características:
Es dinámica, sencilla y le gusta
todo lo relacionado a la creatividad.
Con los demás es sociable,
afectuosa y amable. Tiene
una gran fuerza de voluntad
cuando se propone algo.
Amor:
En su vida afectiva es romántica y le
gusta tener una pareja estable.
Fecha:
26 de mayo: Santa Mariana de Jesús.
Personas célebres:
Mariana de Austria, reina de España.
Mariana de Borbón, reina de Portugal.
Mariana Pineda, heroína española.
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El nombre propio es la denominación verbal de una persona para distinguirla de otra. La palabra ¨nombre¨ viene del latín: nomen. La Onomástica que significa ¨el arte de nombrar¨ según la Real Academia Española, es el estudio y catalogación de los nombres propios. Estudia también el origen y la procedencia de los nombres de familia, que pueden derivar del nombre de los padres o ascendientes (patronímicos) o también provenir de lugares (topónimos).
Encuentra los nombres de todos tus conocidos por orden alfabético. A veces se llama a los hijos e hijas con el nombre de sus padres, madres, abuelos y abuelas, también puede ser que el nombre lo hayan usado durante muchas generaciones a modo de tradición, de esta manera tiene un alto valor simbólico para la familia y para la persona que lo lleva, a quien le otorga una fuerte identidad y pertenencia. Otros padres optan por llamar a sus hijos e hijas con nombres bien diferentes y originales para que puedan diferenciarse y no tener el peso de seguir ciertas tradiciones, si así lo desean.
Significado del nombre Mariana, Imágenes de Mariana, Tarjetas de Mariana
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Son los nombres que provienen de la Biblia, del Antiguo y del Nuevo Testamento. Se trata de nombres que eligen en su mayoría familias de tradición cristiana, muchas veces se tiene en cuenta la fecha del santoral en que nace un bebé, y se lo llama con el nombre del Santo del día.
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Muchos de los nombres que existen son de origen griego, a veces están relacionados con héroes y dioses de la mitología, que llamaron la atención por su belleza, valor o ejemplo. Grecia ha tenido una gran influencia en los nombres del mundo occidental.
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Mariana es un nombre muy común en muchos lugares para bautizar a las niñas y por años, se ha mantenido como el preferido de decenas de padres. Debido a su popularidad, se le puede ver con bastante frecuencia formando parte de nombres combinados.
Su significado es también de lo más especial y si tú te llamas de esta manera o conoces a alguien cercano que lo haga, entonces no querrás perderte nuestro artículo de hoy donde te lo desvelaremos, así como algunas características que seguramente te van a dejar impresionado. ¿Te animas a descubrir todo esto con nosotros?
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Significado del nombre Mariana
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Personalidades famosas con el nombre de Mariana
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Variantes del nombre Mariana
Mariana es una palabra que proviene del idioma hebreo y se deriva del de María y el de Ana. El primero quiere decir «Elegida de Dios» o «Amada por Dios» mientras que el segundo, significa «Dios se ha compadecido».
Esta combinación hace que el nombre sea tan especial y tan profundo en lo que a creencias religiosas se refiere, sobretodo en religiones como la católica y la cristiana, donde es ampliamente utilizado. Antiguamente, los hebreos creían que los nombres que les ponían a sus hijos eran una buena forma de expresar su fe.
La Numeerología es uno de los métodos más interesantes que existen para descubrir aspectos ocultos en la personalidad de alguien. En base al nombre de Mariana, se puede decir lo siguiente de quienes lo portan:
Según la Numerología, el 4 es el número con mayor suerte para quienes se llaman Mariana.
Las personas que ves a continuación, son famosas por llevar el nombre de Mariana y también por destacarse en distintos ámbitos:
El nombre de Mariana cuenta con las siguientes variaciones en diferentes partes del mundo:
Mariana Trench is the deepest place on the planet. It is located in the Pacific Ocean, near the Mariana Archipelago, after which it was named. Another name is the Mariana Trench. The ocean depths are considered the most mysterious and unexplored places on Earth, as their study is difficult. In order to get to the bottom of such places, special deep-sea submersibles equipped with modern equipment are needed. Even after scientists sink to the very bottom, the process of studying the deep flora and fauna remains difficult. Several attempts have been made to learn more about the geology of the trench and the existence of life there. However, this place of the World Ocean still remains practically unexplored.
It is located in the western region of the Pacific Ocean, at a distance of several hundred kilometers from the archipelago of the same name. This is about halfway between Japan and Papua New Guinea. The gutter is in the shape of an arc. It surrounds the nearby islands, stretching for a length of about 2,500 meters. From the island of Guam – the southernmost point of the Mariana Archipelago, it is separated by 340 km. According to modern research, the greatest depth of the depression is 10,994 meters.
An ocean trench is a very deep and long gap that runs along the ocean floor. Holes in the earth’s crust, with a length of 4,999 meters, are equated to them. They are formed by pushing the ocean surface under another continental crust. Scientists call such depressions geosynclinal structures. Geosynclines are folded areas formed as a result of the cyclic movement of the earth’s crust. These are faults where tectonic processes take place. For this reason, such depressions often serve as the root cause of earthquakes. Active or extinct volcanoes are found at their bottom. Such zones are at the bottom of all the oceans of the world.
The Mariana Trench is 1,500 km long. If you look at it in section, the configuration will be in the form of the letter V (or checkmark). The bottom is flat and occupies from 1 to 5 km, narrowing and expanding. As you approach the surface, the profile increases in width, its slopes diverge for several tens of kilometers. The pressure of water masses near the bottom is 108 MPa. This figure is more than 1000 times higher than the normal value of the atmospheric pressure of the oceans.
The deepest point of the Pacific Ocean was discovered almost 150 years ago (1875). This was done during the first oceanographic expedition. Based on the results of the work done, a separate discipline was created – oceanography. The scientific expedition lasted 4 years – from 1872 to 1876. It was carried out on the sail-steam corvette Challenger. The ship belonged to the Royal British Navy. The expedition was initiated by the Scottish scientist Charles Thomson. The Challenger was equipped with equipment for research work, a chemical laboratory, and equipment for measuring the depth of the bottom. During the voyage, many samples of soil and ocean water were taken, which were then used to study the flora and fauna of the Pacific Ocean. A fault near the Mariana Archipelago was discovered using a deep-sea echo sounder. Several measurements were made with different values. The figures ranged from 8,184 m to 8,367 m. In total, during the expedition, Challenger made more than 400 measurements of the depth of the ocean floor.
Ocean depth measurements have been taken at this location many times. This process is very difficult for obvious reasons. Not always the equipment is able to provide accurate measurement data. Therefore, research results can vary greatly. Measurements are made using an echo sounder. This is an electronic device that detects underwater objects by means of acoustic radiation. The difficulty of measurements is that the speed of sound under water is not the same in all places. This value depends on various factors. Therefore, they must also be taken into account. The properties of ocean water are studied with the help of special instruments, and then the measurements are corrected taking into account the corrections.
At the first measurement, the echo sounder showed a value of 8367 meters. Then, after almost 75 years, repeated measurements were made (1951). It should be noted that by this time the equipment had already been improved and it had become more modern. For the second time, a depth of 10,863 m was recorded (according to the Challenger research). The Soviet expedition provided other data (1957). According to updated measurements, the length to the bottom of the gap was 11,022 m. This figure was entered in the reference literature as the only correct one. As you can see, it is very different from the original information. The latest measurements (2011) showed the result 11 994 m. Scientists also managed to study the ocean floor in detail and discover a mountain range at the bottom.
It turned out that there are mountain ranges at the very bottom of the Mariana Trench. They have a height of about 2,500 m. This is the place where the Philippine and Pacific plates interact, which are solid blocks of huge size. Lithospheric plates are slowly shifting, resulting in the formation of folded mountains. This process takes tens and hundreds of millions of years. This is not the only amazing discovery. At a depth of about 400 m, scientists found a volcano whose crater is filled with a lake of sulfur. The temperature there is 187 degrees, so the sulfur has turned into a molten stream. This is the only place on the planet with such a natural formation.
For the first time, the deepest oceanic point was explored near 01/23/1960. This was done by oceanologist Jacques Piccard from Switzerland, who sank to the bottom in the bathyscaphe Trieste. He was accompanied by the American explorer Don Walsh. They managed to examine the bottom, learn some details of the deep ocean fauna. They discovered new types of fish that have a flat shape. For half a century, no other person in the history of the world has descended to such a depth. The famous director James Cameron (2012) became the third brave explorer of the depths of the oceans. He alone plunged there in a bathyscaphe equipped with filming equipment. Cameron shot unique footage that formed the basis of a science film about the Pacific Ocean. They also took soil and water samples. In addition, probes were periodically sent to the bottom of the Mariana Trench to explore this area.
Tonga is the deepest point of the World Ocean after the Mariana. It is located near the Samoa archipelago, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Its depth is 10,882 meters. It is also the deepest point in the Southern Hemisphere. The Tonga Gap extends for about 860 km. Interesting fact: at 19In 70, part of the landing platform sank here, separated from Apollo 13. No efforts were made to raise it, as it is impossible to determine the exact location of the fallen object.
The Philippine Trench is one of the 3 deepest points in the Pacific Ocean. By name, you can understand that it is located near the Philippine Islands. The distance from the surface of the water to the bottom is 10,540 meters. The gap stretched for 1320 km. The reason for its occurrence is the shift of tectonic plates. The Eurasian plate, which has more weight than the Philippine one, gradually finds itself on it, as a result of which a fault in the earth’s crust is formed.
The Kuril-Kamchatka depression is located in the Pacific Ocean, not far from the Kuril Islands. This is one of the narrowest ocean gaps. The average value of its width is 59 km. It extends to a depth of 9,717 meters. The landscape of the slopes of the trench is characterized by multiple terrace-like ledges interspersed with valleys. This zone is the center of earthquakes occurring in this area. Soviet scientists explored this point in the middle of the last century.
The Japanese Trench closes the top 5 deepest ocean points in the world. The results of measuring its depth showed a value of 10,504 meters. It is also not very large in length – about 1000 km. The section of the gutter has a V-shape similar to the Mariana one. This point is located near Japan, near the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido. In fact, the gap is a continuation of the Kuril-Kamchatka depression. Since the gutter was formed due to the shift of tectonic plates, this area often causes earthquakes that occur in Japan. The gap was explored by British and Japanese oceanologists. They were able to capture interesting materials about the life of deep-sea fish, sea slugs. The animals were found at a distance of 7,700 meters from the surface of the water.
One of the deepest underwater trenches in the world, Kermadec is in the 6th position of the rating, but it is not much different in depth from the Japanese one. Its highest value is 10,047 meters. The length is about 1,200 km. British and Soviet scientists were engaged in the study of the gap. The name comes from the name of the famous French navigator Jean-Michel Kermadec. Oceanologists have discovered inside the waters of Kermadec a variety of multi-legged crustaceans, pearl fish with an interesting narrow body structure. Also found here is an endemic breed of fish of the lipar family. These are sea slugs that live at great depths (from 6,500 meters).
The Izu-Bonin Gap is located near Japan, along the island of Honshu. Its length is 1030 km. The deepest point is 9,810 meters. The bottom is uneven, characterized by the presence of several thresholds. On the one hand, the Izu-Bonin depression is connected to the Japanese gap, on the other, it is limited by a mountain range. The Puerto Rican Trench is located on the border of the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea. Its length is 1754 km, the maximum width is 97 km. The distance from the surface of the water to the bottom is 8,380 meters. This is the deepest point of the Atlantic Ocean. The Puerto Rican Gap is located on the border of tectonic plates: Caribbean, North American. The second crushes the first. This is the reason for the frequent tsunamis that occur in this area.
The Java Trench lies at the bottom of the Indian Ocean and is its deepest point. It runs from Java to Myanmar. The depth of the crack is 7,730 meters. The width varies from 10 to 35 km. The bottom is a threshold, interspersed with depressions.
The Aleutian Trench is located off the southern coast of Alaska. It stretches for 3,400 km and ends off the coast of Kamchatka. It lies on the border of the North American and Pacific plates, creeping on top of each other. In the west, the Aleutian Gap connects with the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.
The Mariana Trench is located in the western part of the Pacific Ocean, not far from the Mariana Islands, just two hundred kilometers away, due to the proximity to which it got its name. It is a huge marine reserve in the status of a national monument of the United States, therefore it is under state protection. Fishing and mining are strictly prohibited here, but you can swim and enjoy the beauty.
The shape of the Mariana Trench resembles a grandiose crescent – 2550 km long and 69km wide. The deepest point – 10994 m below sea level – is called the “Challenger Abyss”.
The British began to explore the Mariana Trench. In 1872, the Challenger sailing corvette entered the waters of the Pacific Ocean with scientists and the most advanced equipment of those times. After taking measurements, we set the maximum depth – 8367 m. The value, of course, differs markedly from the correct result. But even this was enough to understand: the deepest point of the globe was discovered. So the next riddle of nature was “challenged” (translated from English “Challenger” – “challenging”). Years passed, and at 19In 51, the British carried out “work on the mistakes.” Namely: a deep-sea echo sounder recorded a maximum depth of 10863 meters.
Bathyscaphe “Trieste” before diving, January 23, 1960
Then the baton was intercepted by Russian researchers who sent the research vessel “Vityaz” to the area of the Mariana Trench. In 1957, with the help of special equipment, they were not only able to fix the depth of the depression, equal to 11022 m, but also established the presence of life at a depth of more than seven kilometers. Thus, having made a small revolution in the scientific world of the middle of the 20th century, where there was a strong opinion that there are no and cannot be such deeply living beings. This is where the most interesting begins … Many stories about underwater monsters, huge octopuses, unprecedented bathyscaphees crushed into a cake by huge paws of animals … Where is the truth and where is the lie – let’s try to figure it out.
The Nereus apparatus takes samples of silt from the bottom of the Mariana Trench
The first daredevils who dared to dive to the “bottom of the Earth” were US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh and explorer Jacques Picard. They dived on the Trieste bathyscaphe, which was built in the Italian city of the same name. A very heavy structure with thick 13-centimeter walls was immersed to the bottom for five whole hours. Having reached the lowest point, the researchers stayed there for 12 minutes, after which the ascent was immediately begun, which took approximately 3 hours. At the bottom, fish were found – flat, similar to flounder, about 30 centimeters long.
Research continued, and in 1995 the Japanese descended into the “abyss”. Another “breakthrough” was made in 2009 with the help of the Nereus automatic underwater vehicle: this miracle of technology not only took several photos at the deepest point of the Earth, but also took soil samples.
In 1996, the New York Times published a shocking article about equipment from the American research vessel Glomar Challenger being plunged into the Mariana Trench. The spherical apparatus for deep-sea travel was affectionately nicknamed the “hedgehog” by the team. Some time after the start of the dive, the instruments recorded terrifying sounds, reminiscent of the grinding of metal on metal. The “Hedgehog” was immediately raised to the surface, and they were horrified: the huge steel structure was crushed, and the strongest and thickest (20 cm in diameter!) Cable seemed to be sawn. There were many explanations immediately. Some said that these were the “tricks” of the monsters inhabiting the natural object, others were inclined to the version of the presence of an alien mind, and still others believed that there were mutated octopuses! True, there was no evidence, and all assumptions remained at the level of conjecture and conjecture …
A similarly mysterious incident occurred with a German research team that decided to launch the Highfish apparatus into the waters of the abyss. But for some reason he stopped moving, and the cameras impartially showed on the monitor screens an image of the shocking size of the lizard, which was trying to gnaw through the steel “thing”. The team was not taken aback and by an electric discharge from the device “scared away” an unknown beast. He sailed away, and did not appear again … It remains only to regret that for some reason those who came across such unique inhabitants of the Mariana Trench did not have the equipment that would allow them to be photographed.
At the end of the 90s of the last century, at the time of the “discovery” of the monsters of the Mariana Trench by the Americans, legends began to “acquire” this geographical object. Fishermen (poachers) talked about glows from its depths, lights running back and forth, various unidentified flying objects emerging from there. Crews of small ships reported that ships in the area were “towing at great speed” by a monster with incredible strength.
Depth of the Mariana Trench
Along with the many legends associated with the Mariana Trench, there are also incredible facts, confirmed by irrefutable evidence.
Giant shark tooth found
In 1918, Australian lobster fishermen told of a translucent white fish about 30 meters long that they saw in the sea. According to the description, it looks like an ancient shark of the species Carcharodon megalodon, which lived in the seas 2 million years ago. Scientists from the surviving remains were able to recreate the appearance of a shark – a monstrous creature 25 meters long, weighing 100 tons and an impressive two-meter mouth with teeth 10 cm each. Can you imagine such “teeth”! And it was they who were recently found by oceanologists at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean! The “youngest” of the discovered artifacts … “only” 11 thousand years old!
This find allows us to be sure that not all megalodons died out two million years ago. Perhaps the waters of the Mariana Trench hide these incredible predators from human eyes? Research continues, the depths are still fraught with many unsolved mysteries.
The water pressure at the lowest point of the Mariana Trench is 108.6 MPa, that is, it exceeds the normal atmospheric pressure by 1072 times. A vertebrate animal simply cannot survive in such monstrous conditions. But, oddly enough, shellfish have taken root here. How their shells withstand such colossal water pressure is not clear. The discovered mollusks are an incredible example of “survival”. They exist near serpentine hydrothermal springs. Serpentine contains hydrogen and methane, which not only do not pose a threat to the “population” found here, but also contribute to the formation of living organisms in such a seemingly aggressive environment. But hydrothermal springs also emit a gas that is deadly for molluscs – hydrogen sulfide. But the “cunning” and life-hungry mollusks have learned to process hydrogen sulfide into protein, and continue, as they say, clover to live in the Mariana Trench.
Another incredible mystery of the deep-sea object is the Champagne hydrothermal spring, named after the famous French (and not only) alcoholic drink. It’s all about the bubbles that “boil” in the waters of the source. Of course, these are by no means the bubbles of your favorite champagne – this is liquid carbon dioxide. Thus, the world’s only underwater source of liquid carbon dioxide is located in the Mariana Trench. Such sources are called “white smokers”, their temperature is below ambient temperature, and there are always vapors around them that look like white smoke. Thanks to these sources, hypotheses were born about the origin of all life on earth in water. Low temperature, an abundance of chemicals, colossal energy – all this created excellent conditions for the ancient representatives of flora and fauna.
The temperature in the Mariana Trench is also very favorable – from 1 to 4 degrees Celsius. The “black smokers” took care of that. Being the antipode of “white smokers”, hydrothermal springs contain a large amount of ore substances, and therefore they are dark in color. These springs are located here at a depth of about 2 kilometers and spew water, the temperature of which is about 450 degrees Celsius. I immediately recall the school physics course, from which we know that water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. So what’s going on? Does the spring spew boiling water? Fortunately, no. It’s all about the colossal water pressure – it is 155 times higher than on the surface of the Earth, so H 2 O does not boil, but rather “warms up” the waters of the Mariana Trench. The water of these hydrothermal springs is incredibly saturated with various minerals, which also contributes to the comfortable habitation of living beings.
Shellfish in the Mariana Trench Champagne hydrothermal spring that releases pure liquid carbon dioxide
How many more mysteries and incredible wonders is this incredible place fraught with? Lots of. At a depth of 414 meters, the Daikoku volcano is located here, which served as another proof that life originated here, at the deepest point on the globe. In the crater of the volcano, under water, there is a lake of the purest molten sulfur. In this “cauldron” sulfur seethes at a temperature of 187 degrees Celsius. The only known analogue of such a lake is located on Jupiter’s moon Io. There is nothing else like it on Earth. Only in space. It is no wonder that most of the hypotheses about the origin of life from water are associated with this mysterious deep-sea object in the Pacific Ocean.
Giant 10-centimeter xenophyophore amoeba
Let’s remember a little bit the school biology course. The simplest living creatures are amoeba. Tiny, single-celled, they can only be seen through a microscope. They reach, as it is written in textbooks, a length of half a millimeter. Giant toxic amoebas 10 centimeters long have been found in the Mariana Trench. Can you imagine this? Ten centimeters! That is, this single-celled living being can be perfectly examined with the naked eye. Isn’t this a miracle? As a result of scientific research, it has been established that amoebas acquired such gigantic sizes for their class of unicellular organisms, adapting to the “savory” life on the seabed. Cold water, coupled with its colossal pressure and lack of sunlight, contributed to the “growth” of amoebas, which are called xenophyophores. The incredible abilities of xenophyophores are quite surprising: they have adapted to the effects of most harmful substances – uranium, mercury, lead. And they live in this environment, like mollusks. In general, the Mariana Trench is a miracle of miracles, where everything living and non-living is perfectly combined, and the most harmful chemical elements that can kill any organism not only do not harm the living, but, on the contrary, contribute to survival.
The local bottom has been studied in some detail and is not of particular interest – it is covered with a layer of viscous slime. There is no sand there, only the remains of crushed shells and plankton, which have been lying there for thousands of years, and due to the pressure of the water, they have long turned into a thick greyish-yellow mud. And the tranquility and measured life of the seabed are disturbed only by the bathyscaphes of researchers descending here from time to time.
Bathyscaphe DeepSea Challenge
Everything secret and unknown has always attracted man. And with each secret revealed, there were no fewer new mysteries on our planet. All this fully applies to the Mariana Trench.
At the end of 2011, researchers discovered unique natural stone formations in it, shaped like bridges. Each of them stretched from one end to the other for as much as 69 km. Scientists had no doubt: it is here that the tectonic plates – the Pacific and the Philippine – touch, and stone bridges (there are four in total) were formed at their junction. True, the very first of the bridges – Dutton Ridge – was opened in the late 80s of the last century. He impressed then with his size and height, which were the size of a small mountain. At its highest point, located just above the Challenger Deep, this deep-sea “ridge” reaches two and a half kilometers.
Why did nature need to build such bridges, and even in such a mysterious and inaccessible place for people? The purpose of these objects is still unclear.
In 2012, James Cameron, the creator of the legendary film Titanic, dived into the Mariana Trench. The unique equipment and powerful cameras installed on his DeepSea Challenge bathyscaphe made it possible to film the majestic and deserted “bottom of the Earth”. It is not known how long he would have been observing local landscapes if some malfunctions had not occurred on the apparatus. In order not to risk his life, the researcher was forced to rise to the surface.
Bridges in the Mariana TrenchJames Cameron in the DeepSea Challenge bathyscaphe
Together with The National Geographic, the talented director created the documentary “Challenge to the Abyss”. In his account of the dive, he called the bottom of the trough “the boundary of life.” Emptiness, silence, and – nothing, not the slightest movement or disturbance of water. No sunlight, no shellfish, no algae, much less sea monsters. But this is only at first glance. In the bottom soil samples taken by Cameron, more than twenty thousand different microorganisms were found. Great amount. How do they survive under such incredible water pressure? Still a mystery. Among the inhabitants of the depression, a shrimp-like amphipod has also been found that produces a unique chemical that scientists are testing as a vaccine against Alzheimer’s disease.
During his stay at the deepest point not only of the world’s oceans, but of the entire Earth, James Cameron did not encounter any terrible monsters, or representatives of extinct species of animals, or an alien base, not to mention some incredible miracles. The feeling that he was completely alone here was a real shock. The ocean floor seemed deserted and, as the director himself said, “lunar … lonely.” The feeling of complete isolation from all mankind was such that it was beyond words. However, he still tried to do it in his documentary. Well, the fact that the Mariana Trench is silent and shocking with its emptiness should probably not be surprising. After all, she simply sacredly keeps the secret of the origin of all life on Earth .