Oceans

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world ocean basins. Covering approximately 59 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world's ocean basins. All of the world's continents could fit into the Pacific basin.

The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans.It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, an average of 200 kilometres (124 mi) to the east of the Mariana Islands, in the Western Pacific East of Philippines. It is a crescent-shaped scar in the Earth's crust, and measures about 2,550 km (1,580 mi) long and 69 km (43 mi) wide on average. It reaches a maximum-known depth of 10,994 metres (36,070 ft) (± 40 metres [130 ft]) at a small slot-shaped valley in its floor known as the Challenger Deep, at its southern end,although some unrepeated measurements place the deepest portion at 11,034 metres (36,201 ft).If Mount Everest were dropped into the trench at this point, its peak would still be over 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) underwater.In 2009, Marianas Trench was established as a United States National Monument.

At the bottom of the trench the water column above exerts a pressure of 1,086 bars (15,750 psi), more than 1,000 times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level. At this pressure, the density of water is increased by 4.96%, so that 95 litres of water under the pressure of the Challenger Deep would contain the same mass as 100 litres at the surface. The temperature at the top is 1 to 4⁰C (34 to 39⁰ F).

With an area of about 5.4 million square miles, The Arctic Ocean is about 1.5 times as big as the United States. It is bordered by Greenland, Canada, Norway, Alaska, and Russia. The average depth of the Arctic Ocean is 12,000 feet and it is 17,850 feet at its deepest point.

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 (27,240,000 sq mi) (approximately 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 the Indian subcontinent. The Indian Ocean is known as Ratn?kara, "the mine of gems" in ancient Sanskrit literature, and as Hind Mah?s?gar , in Hindi.

Tides in the sea are caused by Sun and the moon.

The Indian Ocean exist between Africa and Australia.

The Kiel canal joining Baltic Sea to the North Sea .

Strait of Dover is a tunnel connect the United Kingdom and France.

Nicaragua is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

Sargasso Sea is a part of North Atlantic ocean.

The Suez Canal connects Mediterranean and Red Seas.

The sea bed sloping gradually and bordering the continent is known as Continental Shelf.

The oceans cover 71% of the surface of the earth.

Bosphorus Strait links Sea of Marmara and Black Sea.

Afghanistan does not have a coastline with the Arabian Sea.

After World War II, Egypt pressed for evacuation of British troops from the Suez Canal Zone, and in July 1956 President Nasser nationalized the canal, hoping to charge tolls that would pay for construction of a massive dam on the Nile River. In response, Israel invaded in late October, and British and French troops landed in early November, occupying the canal zone. Under Soviet, U.S., and U.N. pressure, Britain and France withdrew in December, and Israeli forces departed in March 1957. That month, Egypt took control of the canal and reopened it to commercial shipping.

The Dead Sea, is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and Palestine to the west. Its surface and shores are 430.5 metres (1,412 ft) below sea level, Earth's lowest elevation on land. The Dead Sea is 304 m (997 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With a salinity of 342 g/kg, or 34.2%, (in 2011), it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean, and one of the world's saltiest bodies of water. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which plants and animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea is 50 kilometres (31 mi) long and 15 kilometres (9 mi) wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley and its main tributary is the Jordan River.

Gulf of Aden referred to as Pirates' Alley because of increased number of pirate activities in it.

Mariana Trench is the deepest part of The world located at Pacific Ocean.

Pacific oceans have the most coral reefs.

Pacific Ocean holds almost 50% of total water on the planet.

A shallow body of water protected from a larger body of water (usually the ocean) by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs is called Lagoon.

Guantanamo Bay located in Cuba.

Canada have 202,080 km (125,567 miles) of coastline. Canada is also the country with largest water area in the world, and the second largest country in the world.

Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world.

The busiest ocean from the point of view of trade is Atlantic Ocean.

Bermuda Triangle is located in Atlantic Ocean.

Australia is the largest Island Country in the world.

The highest average salinity amongst the following seas is reported from Dead Sea.