Seas and Oceans

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Arctic ocean

Completely surrounded by land, mainly Eurasia and North America, with the ocean centered approximately on the North Pole. The smallest of all the oceans. The thickness and extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic have shown a dramatic decline over the past thirty years. be ice-free in the summer in as little as 30 years.

Black Sea

Between Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The Black Sea is a body of water and marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean. It is supplied by a number of major rivers, such as the Danube, Dnieper, Rioni, Southern Bug, and Dniester.

Caspian Sea

It is an Endorheic basin located between Europe and Asia, to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the broad steppe of Central Asia. Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea.

Red Sea

Lies between Africa and Asia. The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez.

Persian gulf

Lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the southwest. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Hormuz. The Shatt al-Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline.

Indian Ocean

Located between Africa to the west and Asia to the north, Australia in the east and Antarctica in the south. The Indian Ocean is the warmest ocean in the world. The Indian Ocean's large body of salt water contains a spatter of small islands that dot its continental rims, and also includes Madagascar, the world's fourth largest island

Beiring Sea

Located between Alaska and Siberia the Bering Sea is known as having some of the most harrowing and unpredictable weather conditions on Earth

North Sea

Located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean

Seas

Numerous large bodies of water scattered around the planet. There are over 105 or more.

Southern (Antarctic) Ocean

Ocean completely encircles Antarctica, flowing from west to east.

Adriatic Sea

Sea on the eastern side of Italy. The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto to the northwest and the Po Valley

Seven Seas

The Arctic Ocean; the North Atlantic Ocean; the South Atlantic Ocean; the Indian Ocean; the North Pacific Ocean; the South Pacific Ocean; the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean

South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean. Hundreds of tiny islands, with the collective cluster of South China Sea Islands referred to an as archipelago. These islands are mostly uninhabited, with several countries arguing over who has claim over them. The Spratly Islands have valuable deposits and are claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.

The Pacific Ocean

The largest body of water on Earth. Located between the Southern Ocean, Asia, Australia, and the landmasses of the Western Hemisphere, The Pacific Ocean contains almost twice as much water as the world's second largest body of water, the Atlantic Ocean. The region referred to as the "Ring of Fire" near the Pacific basin is where about 81 percent of the world's largest earthquakes occur

Caspian Sea

The world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea, located between Europe and Asia. The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. It is in an endorheic basin located between Europe and Asia.

Mediterranean Sea

Almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant. The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin.

Arabian Sea

a body of water that lies between Arabia and India the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean. Countries on the Arabian Sea's coastlines include India, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Pakistan, the Maldives, and Somalia. Forming part of the major trade route between India and the countries of Europe that dates back for centuries, the Arabian Sea has a rich history of merchant water transportation.

Caribbean Sea

a counterclockwise current, the Caribbean Sea's water enters through the Lesser Antilles, exits through the Yucatán Channel and forms the Gulf Stream.

Baltic Sea

a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, enclosed by Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic countries, and the North European Plain.

Atlantic Ocean

The world's second largest ocean, the Atlantic Ocean covers about 21 percent of Earth's surface. The Greek philosopher Plato wrote about a mythical island called Atlantis, located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, on which lived a powerful empire that had been created by Poseidon, the God of the Sea.


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