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Where are the main bodies of water located?
About three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water. The largest connected body of water is the ocean system, in which it is divided into five oceans: the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Southern Ocean.
What directions do rivers flow from the continental divide?
The Continental Divide divides the region into two large drainage areas. To the east of the Divide, waters, flow to the Arctic Ocean, to the Hudson Bay, or to the Atlantic oceans through the Mississippi River system. To the West, they flow into the Pacific Ocean
What lake drains west to the Atlantic and east to the Pacific?
Water from Lake Gatun flows into both oceans. Lake Gatun is an artificial lake that is part of the Panama Canal system.
What is an example of a mountain chain that seems to continue from continent to other continents across the oceans?
The mid-ocean ridge system, which is an interconnected chain of underwater mountains, extends over 65,000 kilometers across the ocean floors, connecting various continents. It forms the longest mountain range on Earth, stretching from the Arctic Ocean, through the Atlantic Ocean, and into the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
What is the code for Australian expeditions to Antarctica?
You may be able to find what you want using the Dewey Decimal System reference 990 which covers the History of Australasia, Pacific Ocean islands, Atlantic Ocean islands, Arctic islands, Antarctica, extraterrestrial worlds.
What is a large rotating tropical weather system?
A large rotating tropical weather system is called a hurricane in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans, a typhoon in the western Pacific Ocean, and a cyclone in the Indian Ocean. These storms are characterized by strong winds, heavy rainfall, and can cause significant damage to coastal regions.
What are the oceans and seas that surround Russia?
Russia is not a continent, it is the largest country on earth. Russia is on two continents, Europe and Asia, divided at the Ural Mountains. Russia has a coast line on the following oceans and seas - Baltic Sea Gulf of Finland Barents Sea White Sea Kara Sea Laptev Sea East Siberian Sea Arctic Ocean Chukchi Sea Bering Strait Bering Sea Sea of Okhotsk Sea of Japan Pacific Ocean
What is the name of the mountain range on the bottom of the Atlantic ocean?
The mountain range at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean is called the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It is an underwater mountain system that runs down the center of the Atlantic Ocean from the Arctic Ocean to the southern tip of Africa.
How much of the earth surface des the Indian Ocean cover?
The World Ocean, world ocean, or global ocean, is the interconnected system of the Earth's oceanic (or marine) waters, and comprises the bulk of the hydrosphere, covering almost 71% of the Earth's surface, with a total volume of 1.332 billion cubic kilometres.[1]The unity and continuity of the World Ocean, with relatively free interchange among its parts, is of fundamental importance to oceanography.[2] It is divided into a number of principal oceanic areas that are delimited by the continents and various oceanographic features: these divisions are the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean (rarely considered a sea of the Atlantic), Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean (typically reckoned instead as just the southern portions of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans). In turn, oceanic waters are interspersed by many smaller seas, gulfs, and bays.A global ocean has existed in one form or another on Earth for eons, and the notion dates back to classical antiquity (in the form of Oceanus). The contemporary concept of the World Ocean was coined by the Russian oceanographer Yuly Shokalsky in the early 20th century to describe what is basically a solitary, continuous ocean that covers and encircles most of the Earth.While continuous, the World Ocean can be visualized as being centered on the Southern Ocean. The Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans can be seen as bays or lobes extending northward from the Southern Ocean. Farther north, the Atlantic opens into the Arctic Ocean, which is connected to the Pacific by the Bering Strait:The Pacific Ocean, the largest of the oceans, also reaches northward from the Southern Ocean to the Arctic Ocean. It spans the gap between Australia, Asia, the Americas and Oceania. The Pacific Ocean meets the Atlantic south of South America at Cape Horn.The Atlantic Ocean, the second largest, extends from the Southern Ocean between South America, Africa, North America and Europe, to the Arctic Ocean. The Atlantic meets the Indian Ocean south of Africa at Cape Agulhas.The Indian Ocean extends northward from the Southern Ocean to India, between Africa and Australia. The Indian Ocean joins the Pacific Ocean to the east, near Australia.The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the five. It joins the Atlantic near Greenland and Iceland and joins the Pacific at the Bering Strait. It overlies the North Pole, touching North America in the Western hemisphere and Scandinavia and Asia in the Eastern hemisphere. The Arctic Ocean is partially covered in sea ice, the extent of which varies according to the season. Some authorities[who?] do not consider the Arctic Ocean a bona fide ocean,[citation needed] because it is largely surrounded by land with only limited exchange of water with the other oceans. Consequently, it is considered to be a sea of the Atlantic, referred to[citation needed] as the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or Arctic Sea.The Southern Ocean is a proposed ocean surrounding Antarctica, dominated by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, generally the ocean south of sixty degrees south latitude. The Southern Ocean is partially covered in sea ice, the extent of which varies according to the season. The Southern Ocean is the second smallest of the five named oceans.The approximate shape of the World Ocean can for most purposes be treated as constant, although in fact it is not: continental drift continually changes its structure
What are the major bodies of water in the US?
The US is bordered by the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans, and the Arctic to the north of Alaska, and the Great Lakes. It contains the Mississippi/Missouri/Ohio river system and is bordered by the Rio Grande on the Mexican frontier. The Potomac & the Hudson rivers and the Everglades are also notable.flapata
What is the yearly rainfall of the Pacific Ocean?
Generally, the Atlantic Ocean receives around 50 inches of rain per year. This amount varies from year to year. The oceans receive around 80 percent of the Earth's rainfall each year.
The mid ocean ridge is made up of the mid Atlantic ridge the eas pacific rise and the mid Indian ridge?
The mid-ocean ridge system is a continuous underwater mountain range that extends through all the major oceans. It includes the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, East Pacific Rise, and Central Indian Ridge, among others. These ridges are formed by tectonic plates moving apart, allowing magma from the Earth's mantle to rise and solidify, creating new oceanic crust.
