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The Sargasso Sea (/ s ɑːr ˈ ɡ æ s oʊ /) is a region of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by four currents forming an ocean gyre. Unlike all other regions called seas , it has no land boundaries. [2] [3] [4] It is distinguished from other parts of the Atlantic Ocean by its characteristic brown Sargassum seaweed and often calm blue water.
May 1, 2024 · Sargasso Sea, area of the North Atlantic Ocean, elliptical in shape and relatively still, that is strewn with free-floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum. It lies between the parallels 20° N and 35° N and the meridians 30° W and 70° W inside a clockwise-setting ocean-current system, of which the.
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The Sargasso Sea is a spawning site for threatened and endangered eels, as well as white marlin, porbeagle shark, and dolphinfish. Humpback whales annually migrate through the Sargasso Sea. Commercial fish, such as tuna, and birds also migrate through the Sargasso Sea and depend on it for food.
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The Sargasso Sea is a large patch of ocean that is named after a species of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum. Unlike other types of algae found in the ocean, Sargassum is unique in that it is a holopelagi, which means that the seaweed not only floats freely around the ocean but also reproduces on the surface of the water.
May 1, 2017 · Named after Sargassum, a species of seaweed that covers the area’s waters, the Sargasso Sea is the only sea without shores or coastlines. Instead of being bounded by land, it is defined by four...
Jun 28, 2023 · The world's biggest bloom of sargassum in the Atlantic Ocean is filled with plastic and bacteria that live on it – they could be the secret behind the seaweed's success. Along the coastlines of...
The Sargasso Sea provides invaluable spawning habitat for endangered anguillid eels and is a pupping location for the endangered Porbeagle shark. The Sargasso Sea also acts as a migratory corridor for various species of sharks, rays, whales, and dolphins.
