How many oceans are there in the world?

• العربية • Boarisch • ChiShona • Deutsch • Eesti • Ελληνικά • Français • Interlingua • עברית • ಕನ್ನಡ • ქართული • Latviešu • Lingua Franca Nova • मराठी • Bahasa Melayu • Norsk bokmål • ਪੰਜਾਬੀ • پنجابی • Português • Română • Simple English • Suomi • Svenska • ไทย • Українська • اردو • Tiếng Việt • Zeêuws • 中文 This is a list of seas of the Terminology [ ] • • • A marginal sea is a division of an ocean, partially enclosed by • A division of an ocean, delineated by landforms, • The World Ocean. For example, the • Any large body of water with "Sea" in the name, including lakes. • • • • • • Passage – connects waters between islands, also sometimes known as a strait • • There are several terms used for bulges of ocean that result from indentations of land, which overlap in definition, and which are not consistently differentiated: • • • • • • • • Many features could be considered to be more than one of these, and all of these terms are used in Largest seas by area [ ] The largest terrestrial seas are: • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 • 2 Marginal seas by ocean [ ] Seas may be considered marginal between ocean and land, or between oceans in which case they may be treated as marginal parts of either. There is no single ...

World map showing 4 oceans. 1, 4, or 5 Oceans? How many oceans are there in the world? While some countries claim that there are four oceans in the world, most agree that there are five: • Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Indian Ocean • Antarctic Ocean • Southern Ocean But it isn’t obvious just by looking at a map where one ocean ends and another begins. The truth is that they’re all one connected body of water, and this body of water is sometimes referred to as the global ocean. 71% of the Earth is covered in water, and the different oceans that make up so much of the planet are all unique. It is only recently that most of the world agreed to recognize five world oceans. The five oceans we now commonly speak of do have official boundaries that have been set by the Pacific Ocean The Pacific is the world’s largest and deepest ocean. Named by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1502, it borders the continents of Asia and Australia to the west and the Americas to the east. The explorer decided on the name, which means peaceful, after sailing through a calm patch of the ocean, but this isn’t the most accurate description — the Pacific Ocean is home to violent hurricanes, the Atlantic Ocean The name of this ocean comes from Greek mythology and means “Sea of Atlas.” It covers one fifth of the Earth’s surface and separates the American continents from Europe and Africa. The shape of this ocean makes it unique from the others — it is much longer than it is wide, and it takes...

The phrase “the Seven Seas” has been around for centuries, but that term really refers to different parts of the ocean and several other large bodies of water. There are actually more than seven seas in the world. But what makes a sea different from other bodies of water? That is not an easy question to answer, because the definition of a sea leaves some room for interpretation. In general, a sea is defined as a portion of the ocean that is partly surrounded by land. Given that definition, there are about 50 seas around the world. But that number includes water bodies not always thought of as seas, such as the Gulf of Mexico and the Hudson Bay. Moreover, in some cases, a sea is completely landlocked. The Caspian Sea is the most famous example, though this sea, which lies between Russia and Iran, is also referred to as the world’s largest lake. Other seas surrounded by land include the Aral Sea and the Dead Sea. They contain saltwater and have been called seas for many years, but many oceanographers and geographers are more inclined to call them lakes. Still, that leaves dozens of water bodies that fit the traditional definition of a sea, even though they can be quite different from one another. A sea can be more than 2.6 million square kilometers (1 million square miles) in area, such as the Caribbean Sea. Or, it can be as tiny as the Sea of Marmara, which is less than 12,950 square kilometers (5,000 square miles) in area. This tiny Turkish sea connects the Aegean Sea and ...

Meaning And Origin The notion of the "Seven Seas" is often associated with pirates in popular culture today. Today, the “Seven Seas” concept is often linked to pirates and their ventures, with pirates in popular culture referring to “sailing the seven seas.” In various past and present cultures, the Seven Seas referred to regional water bodies, exotic water bodies, or water bodies used as trade routes. However, the origin of the phrase “Seven Seas” is not well-known, although popular references point to the pieces of literature dating back several centuries. The phrase was popular in Chinese, Hindu, Ancient Usage In some cultures, the Seven Seas represented the various trade routes within their reach. Others used the phrase to refer to any known seas, bays, gulfs, and parts of oceans they had access to. In yet other cultures, it referred to waterways that were distant and strange. Moreover, the word “seas” was also used to refer to the seas that never existed. Thus, there has never been a universal list or meaning of the Seven Seas. According to the Arabs and their neighbors, the Seven Seas were water bodies to the East that facilitated their voyage, trade, and spread of Islam. These seas included the From the 19th century to today, the phrase "Seven Seas" has been used to refer to the world's oceans. In the early modern days, the phrase referred to the four traditional oceans, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific Oceans, alongside the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and t...

Why subscribe? • The ultimate action-packed science and technology magazine bursting with exciting information about the universe • Subscribe today and save an extra 5% with checkout code 'LOVE5' • Engaging articles, amazing illustrations & exclusive interviews • Issues delivered straight to your door or device So does our planet have one, four or five oceans? Well, the answer depends on who you ask. Oceans are the world's biggest bodies of water, though their formal definition is not agreed upon. The International Hydrographic Organization, which is composed of 98 member states and is responsible for demarcating the ocean's boundaries, has not yet recognized the Southern Ocean because it has not received full agreements from its members. While other oceans are defined by the continents they border, the Southern Ocean is characterized by its current, which flows from west to east and is known as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). This unique current, likely established 34 million years ago, circulates waters that surround Antarctica to a latitude of about 60 degrees south, excluding the Drake Passage and Scotia Sea. The ACC pulls water in from the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans to help transport heat around the world. The winds in this region contribute to a phenomenon called upwelling, in which cold, nutrient-dense water rises to the sea surface. Once at the surface, the water absorbs carbon from the atmosphere before sinking back down. This makes the Southern ...

" " As you can see from this map, most of our planet is covered in water that we have divided into five named oceans. BlueRingMedia/Shutterstock Planet Earth, when viewed from space, has been described as a "blue marble." This is, of course, because it's covered in water. Our planet sustains life partially thanks to the Oceans make up Humans have gotten into the habit of separating the one big, continuous, mysterious body of water that covers the globe into principle sectors that we call oceans. Historically, there were just four oceans, but we now recognize five different oceans: the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the recently added fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean. The Atlantic, Indian and Pacific freeze together around Antarctica. There are no real barriers between the world's oceans like there are with landmasses, mostly because bodies of water are often what we use to create geographical boundaries. Just like an island's borders are drawn by water, continents mostly use oceans to describe their boundaries. There is only one global ocean, and yet we have to make distinctions between areas, for geography's sake. So, although the Atlantic Ocean isn't technically a separate body of water from the Pacific Ocean, people call the Drake Passage — the narrow keyhole of water between Antarctica and Cape Horn at the tip of South America — the boundary between the two oceans. Although you might find videos online purporting to prove the waters of Th...