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Hace 2 días · The sea is the interconnected system of all the Earth's oceanic waters, including the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic Oceans. However, the word "sea" can also be used for many specific, much smaller bodies of seawater, such as the North Sea or the Red Sea.
Hace 1 día · Ocean. The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. [8] . In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. [9] . The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.
- 3.688 km (2 mi)
- 1,370,000,000 km³ (328,680,479 cu mi) (97.5% of Earth's water)
- 361,000,000 km² (139,382,879 sq mi) (71% of Earth's surface area)
- List of countries by length of coastline
Hace 2 días · Mediterranean Sea, an intercontinental sea that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to Asia on the east and separates Europe from Africa. It has often been called the incubator of Western civilization.
Hace 3 días · Caspian Sea, world’s largest inland body of water. It lies to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of Central Asia. The sea’s name derives from the ancient Kaspi peoples, who once lived in Transcaucasia to the west.
- The Caspian Sea lies to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of Central Asia.
- The Caspain Sea is the world’s largest inland body of water and the world's largest salt lake.
- The Caspian Sea is bordered by five countries: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Russia.
- The salinity of the Caspian Sea is about 12.8 parts per thousand on average, going from a mere 1 part per thousand near the Volga outlet to a high...
- The Caspian Sea contains as many as 50 islands, most of them small. The largest are Chechen, Tyuleny, Morskoy, Kulaly, Zhiloy, and Ogurchin.
Hace 4 días · Matt Dutile, Getty Images. By. Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Updated on May 19, 2024. Have you ever wondered why the ocean is blue or sometimes another color, like green, instead? For the most part, the ocean is blue because pure water is actually blue.
- Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D.
Hace 5 días · Bering Sea and Strait, northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, separating the continents of Asia and North America. To the north the Bering Sea connects with the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait , at the narrowest point of which the two continents are about 53 miles (85 kilometres) apart.
Hace 3 días · The High Seas. Olive Heffernan. Greystone Books, $32.95. The ocean is a rich, fertile and seemingly lawless frontier. It’s a watery wild west, irresistible to humans hoping to plunder its many ...
