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3 days ago · The ocean is the body of salt water that covers ~70.8% of the Earth. In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. Distinct names are used to identify 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
1 day ago · Earth's ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
- 4,280 m (14,040 ft)
- 165,250,000 km² (63,800,000 sq mi)
- 10,911 m (35,797 ft)
- 710,000,000 km³ (170,000,000 cu mi)
3 days ago · The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA / ˈnoʊ.ə / NOH-ə) is a scientific and regulatory agency within the Washington, D.C. –based United States Department of Commerce, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland.
- October 3, 1970; 53 years ago
- US Department of Commerce
- 321 NOAA Commissioned Corps (2018), 12,000 civilian employees (2021)
Apr 16, 2024 · Who owns the world's oceans? It's a legitimate question. We divvy up Earth 's terrain through war, conquest and colonization. We use rivers, mountains and entire continents to establish geographic boundaries on land. The oceans have no apparent surface features -- just a flat, vast, briny expanse.
3 days ago · highest point: sea level lowest point: Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench -10,924 m note - the Pacific Ocean is the deepest ocean basin mean depth:-4,080 m ocean zones: Composed of water and in a fluid state, the ocean is delimited differently than the solid continents. The Ocean is divided into three zones based on depth and light level.
Apr 10, 2024 · At 36,070 feet (10,994 meters) below sea level, Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench is the ocean’s deepest known point. (The graphic below contrasts relative ocean depth with the sizes of various locations, structures, and feats.)
Apr 13, 2024 · Philippine Sea, section of the western North Pacific Ocean, lying east and north of the Philippines. The floor of this portion of the ocean is formed into a structural basin by a series of geologic folds and faults that protrude above the surface in the form of bordering island arcs.
