World ocean

by - March 27, 2020

World ocean

The World Ocean or Global Ocean is the interconnected system of Earth's oceanic waters, and comprises the bulk of the hydrosphere, covering 361,132,000 square kilometers of Earth's surface, with a total volume of 1,332,000,000 cubic kilometers.

1. Pacific Ocean


The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. 
area - 16,53,84,000 sq km
deepest area - Mariana trap
depth - 11776 mt
Water volume-710,000,000 km3 (170,000,000 cu mi)
Did you know- the Pacific Ocean is the third-largest drainage basin in the world by basin area (20,300,000 sq. km).

2.Atlantic Ocean


The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about 106,460,000 square kilometers. It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area.
area - 822,17,000 sq km
deepest area - Puerto Rico Trench
depth - 9,200
Did you know: The Atlantic Ocean is the largest drainage basin in the world by basin area (69,800,000 sq. km)

3.indian ocean

worlds most beautiful Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq mi) (about 20% of the water on the Earth's surface). It is bounded by Asia on the north, on the west by Africa, on the east by Australia, and on the south by the Southern Ocean or, depending on definition, by Antarctica. It is named after India.
area - 7,34,81000
deepest area- java trap
depth - 7,540 sq km
Did you know- The Indian Ocean is the fourth-largest drainage basin in the world by basin area (19,400,000 sq. Km).

4.arctic ocean


The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, the classifying it a mediterranean sea or an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It is also seen as the northernmost part of the all-encompassing World Ocean.
area - 1,39,86,000
deepest area - Chukchi
depth - 3658mt
Did you know - The Arctic Ocean is the second-largest drainage basin in the world by basin area (23,100,000 sq. Km).

5.Antarctic Ocean


The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, usually taken to be south of 60 ° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
area - 20.33 million sqm
deepest area - sandwich trap
depth - 3737 mt
Did you know: The Southern Ocean is the fifth-largest drainage basin in the world by basin area (14,000,000 sq. Km).

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