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.  Earth is the only known planet to have oceans. Oceans account for approximately 72% Of the planet’s surface water –  oceans : The Pacific, Indian,

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2  Earth is the only known planet to have oceans. Oceans account for approximately 72% Of the planet’s surface water –  oceans : The Pacific, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), Arctic Oceans, Atlantic Ocean.

3  Separates Asia and Oceania from the Americas The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean

4  The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about 41,100,000 sq. mi, it covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area.

5  The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an undefined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean, where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

6  Washes upon southern Asia and separates Africa and Australia The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface

7  Sometimes considered an extension of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans which encircles Antarctica.  The Southern Ocean (also known as the Great Southern Ocean, Antarctic Ocean, South Polar Ocean and Austral Ocean) comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean

8  Separates the Americas from Eurasia and Africa  The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions.


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