can an ocean be drained?

Answer 1

I do not think so! That much space would need the same amount of space. Where do you think we can get that? :)

Answer 2

An ocean cannot be totally drained, but it can be partially drained. You can partially drain an ocean by digging a canal to the Dead Sea, which is below sea level. There are proposals to drain the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean, or the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea.

Agasthya also proposed a method to the drain the ocean.

Answer 3

The closest we have ever come to that is what has been happening to the Aral Sea in Asia. It is a large lake, not part of the world ocean (not even the Mediterranean is part of the world ocean) and through a combination of industrial uses and pumping for irrigation, it is almost dried up. You might be able to find satellite pictures of it somewhere on line. Search on it and you will probably find some sites talking about its gradual decline.

Answer 4

According to the Bible, the water level rose higher than the highest mountaintop. After that, it drained away somewhere. So if you believe that kind of stuff, then yes, an ocean can be drained.

Answer 5

It's happened before. Most of northern North America used to be ocean. What's left is the great lakes.

Answer 6

No, because you would have to drain it below sea level to keep it from rushing back in again. There isn't any place big enough that is below sea level to hold an entire ocean's worth of water.

Answer 7

Yes, there is usually a plastic plug at the bottom that you need to turn COUNTER-Clockwise to begin draining. Be care ful not to strip the threads when re-tightening. It could leak and then people will yell "Global Warming!! See, I told you!"

While they are blaming it on Global warming, re-thread the plug with a small nail file. Re-install when no one is watching.

Answer 8

Nearly 50% of The Netherlands is protected from flooding by dykes and dams. Also quite a lot of The Netherlands used to be sea or lake bed.

You can build polders and dykes like in the Netherlands.
Polders and Dykes of the Netherlands
http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/dykes.htm
http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/dykes.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A564185

Answer 9

sure, erect a thousand towers that go into space, attach a few thousand hoses to those towers, begin pumping the water into space and in about a thousand years we will have a global desert! Intruiging question!

Answer 10

I dont know wher eyou put such an amount of water but wouldnt that be cool to see everythinkg thats in there? Awesome!

Answer 11

And just where do you plan on putting all of that water? But sure you just have to swim to the bottom and pull the plug.