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4 giorni fa · Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. Its name, derived from Greek mythology, means the ‘Sea of Atlas.’
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3 giorni fa · The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. The following names describe 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
2 giorni fa · The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is the main current system in the Atlantic Ocean,: 2238 and it is also part of the global thermohaline circulation, which connects the world's oceans with a single "conveyor belt" of continuous water exchange.
6 giorni fa · The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean).
24 apr 2024 · News. Decades of Data on a Changing Atlantic Circulation. Scientists Publish Evidence of Slowing Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Courtesy of Officers and Crew of NOAA Ship PISCES; Collection of Commander Jeremy Adams, NOAA Corps. The world’s ocean is constantly moving.
4 giorni fa · The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica.
7 mag 2024 · Caribbean Sea, suboceanic basin of the western Atlantic Ocean, lying between latitudes 9 and 22 degrees N and longitudes 89 and 60 degrees W. It is approximately 1,063,000 square miles (2,753,000 square km) in extent. Learn more about the Caribbean Sea in this article.
