Bodies Of Water

Table of Contents  Oceans  Bays  Gulfs  Inlets  Rivers  Lakes

Oceans  There are 5 oceans. They are pacific (covers 1/3 of Earth), Indian, Atlantic, Artic and Southern.  Oceans separate the 7 continents.  Oceans move in a certain way.  A current is the flow of the ocean in a specific direction  Tides are the high and low waves in the oceans.  When the tides are high, lands could get covered in water.  71 Percent of the Earth is covered in Oceans!

Bays  Bays are found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.  Bays provide harbors where ships can dock.  An example includes the Chesapeake bay between Maryland and Virginia.  The largest bays along the Gulf Coast are Galveston Bay in Texas and Tampa Bay in Florida.

Gulfs  Gulfs are the largest inlets.  The largest Gulf bordering the US is the Gulf of Mexico.  Another example is a Gulf of Alaska

Inlets!  It is an area of land extending into land from a larger body of water.

Lakes  North America has the most lakes.  The largest lakes in North America are the Great Lakes which are along the border of US and Canada.  The Great Lakes are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.  One fifth of all fresh water lakes are found in Great Lakes.  Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake.  Not all lakes contain fresh water. The Great Salt Lake in UTAH is as salty as an ocean or sea.

Rivers  Rives are bodies of fresh moving water!  They begin at source and end at mouth.  The river empties water into another ocean or water body.  Rivers carry water away from land.