The Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the
are the major oceans of the earth.
The earth consists of 7196 water and 29% land.
Four oceans and their short description
seas and their distribution.
akes and their distribution.
ivers and their distribution.
ollution of water is a major concern.
combat water pollution, we must understand the problem and become a part of the soluti
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The earth is called the watery planet.
The Arctic Ocean lies around the North pole
is a small water body that is bound by land on all sides.
Many rivers create a triangular shape land at their mouths which are called
Challenge is the deepest point of the Pacific Ocean.
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covers approximately 361,000,000 km2 (139,000,000 sq mi) and is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas, with the ocean as a whole covering approximately 71% of Earth's surface and 90% of the Earth's biosphere.[4] The world ocean contains 97% of Earth's water, and oceanographers have stated that less than 20% of the oceans have been mapped.[4] The total volume is approximately 1.35 billion cubic kilometers (320 million cu mi) with an average depth of nearly 3,700 meters (12,100 ft).[5][6][7]
As the world's ocean is the principal component of Earth's hydrosphere, it is integral to life, forms part of the carbon cycle, and influences climate and weather patterns. The ocean is the habitat of 230,000 known species, but because much of it is unexplored, the number of species in the ocean is much larger, possibly over two million.[8] The origin of Earth's oceans is unknown; a sizable quantity of water would have been in the material that formed the Earth.[9] Water molecules would have escaped Earth's gravity more easily when it was less massive during its formation due to atmospheric escape. Oceans are thought to have formed in the Hadean eon and may have been the cause for the emergence of life.
There are numerous environmental issues for oceans which include for example marine pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification and other effects of climate change on oceans.
Extraterrestrial oceans may be composed of water or other elements and compounds. The only confirmed large stable bodies of extraterrestrial surface liquids are the lakes of Titan, although there is evidence for oceans' existence elsewhere in the Solar System.