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The World's Oceans:
Ocean is a geographical term for the world's sea water, except for landlocked seas
such as the Caspian. More than 70% of the planet's surface is occupied by oceans,
the Pacific Ocean alone is more than 25% larger than the planet's entire land area.smaller
divisions of some oceans are separately named as seas. From space, planet Earth
appears blue because the majority of its surface is covered by oceans and seas.
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Pacific
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Size (sq KM)
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155,557,000
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Location
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Body of water between the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the Western Hemisphere
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Depth (M)
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10,924(Greatest), 4,028(Average)
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Geographic Coordinates
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0 00 N, 160 00 W
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Coastline (KM)
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Includes
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Bali Sea, Bering Sea, Bering Strait, Coral Sea, East China Sea, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of Tonkin, Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, South China Sea, Tasman Sea, and other tributary water bodies
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Natural Resources
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Ports & Harbors
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Bangkok (Thailand), Hong Kong (China), Kao-hsiung (Taiwan), Los Angeles (US), Manila (Philippines), Pusan (South Korea), San Francisco (US), Seattle (US),
Shanghai (China), Singapore, Sydney (Australia), Vladivostok (Russia), Wellington (NZ), Yokohama (Japan)
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Atlantic
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Size (sq KM)
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76,762,000
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Location
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Body of water between Africa, Europe, the Southern Ocean, and the Western Hemisphere
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Depth (M)
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9,219(Greatest), 3,926(Average)
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Geographic Coordinates
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0 00 N, 25 00 W
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Coastline (KM)
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111,866
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Includes
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Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Caribbean Sea, Davis Strait, Denmark Strait, part of the Drake Passage, Gulf of Mexico, Labrador Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, almost all of the Scotia Sea, and other tributary water bodies
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Natural Resources
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oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales), sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, precious stones
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Ports & Harbors
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Alexandria (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria), Antwerp (Belgium), Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Casablanca (Morocco), Colon (Panama), Copenhagen (Denmark), Dakar (Senegal), Gdansk (Poland), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland),
Las Palmas (Canary Islands, Spain), Le Havre (France), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Marseille (France), Montevideo (Uruguay), Montreal (Canada), Naples (Italy), New Orleans (US), New York (US), Oran (Algeria), Oslo (Norway),
Peiraiefs or Piraeus (Greece), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Stockholm (Sweden)
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Indian
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Size (sq KM)
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68,556,000
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Location
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Body of water between Africa, the Southern Ocean, Asia, and Australia
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Depth (M)
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7,455(Greatest), 3,963(Average)
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Geographic Coordinates
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20 00 S, 80 00 E
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Coastline (KM)
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20 00 S, 80 00 E
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Andaman Sea, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Flores Sea, Great Australian Bight, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman, Java Sea, Mozambique Channel, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Savu Sea, Strait of Malacca, Timor Sea, and other tributary water bodies
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Natural Resources
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oil and gas fields, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules
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Ports & Harbors
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Chennai (India), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Durban (South Africa), Jakarta (Indonesia), Kolkata (Calcutta; India) Melbourne (Australia), Mumbai (Bombay; India), Richards Bay (South Africa)
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Southern
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Size (sq KM)
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20,327,000
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Location
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Body of water between 60 degrees south latitude and Antarctica
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Depth (M)
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Geographic Coordinates
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65 00 S, 0 00 E (nominally)
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Coastline (KM)
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17,968
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Includes
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Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and other tributary water bodies
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Natural Resources
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Ports & Harbors
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McMurdo, Palmer, and offshore anchorages in Antarctica
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Arctic
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Size (sq KM)
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14,056,000
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Location
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Body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle
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Depth (M)
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Geographic Coordinates
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90 00 N, 0 00 E
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Coastline (KM)
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45,389
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Includes
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Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, and other tributary water bodies
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Natural Resources
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Ports & Harbors
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Churchill (Canada), Murmansk (Russia), Prudhoe Bay (US)
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The busiest ocean route for shipping is in theNorth Atlantic
Ocean
The most salty sea in the world isDead Sea
Who named the pacific Ocean ?Ferdinad Magellan
The longest river in the world is Nile (Egypt)
Average surface temperature of the world’s oceans: 17oC
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