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2006-12-08 05:46:49 · 11 answers · asked by James_Bond 2 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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Atlantic ocean by half of pacific

2006-12-08 06:16:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest in the world.

2006-12-08 05:49:20 · answer #2 · answered by Carter 2 · 1 0

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). The Kiel Canal (Germany), Oresund (Denmark-Sweden), Bosporus (Turkey), Strait of Gibraltar (Morocco-Spain), and the Saint Lawrence Seaway (Canada-US) are important strategic access waterways. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth world ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Atlantic Ocean south of 60 degrees south latitude.

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2006-12-08 05:57:36 · answer #3 · answered by dymps 4 · 1 0

The Atlantic ocean

2006-12-08 05:56:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The Atlantic ocean.

2006-12-08 07:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by Aushbaba 3 · 1 0

the Atlantic Ocean

2006-12-08 06:20:35 · answer #6 · answered by christmasangel1984 2 · 1 0

Atlantic ocean

2006-12-08 05:48:59 · answer #7 · answered by maussy 7 · 1 0

The Atlantic

2006-12-08 05:54:03 · answer #8 · answered by Wocka wocka 6 · 1 0

Pacific is the largest and Atlantic is the second

2006-12-08 05:54:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface. The ocean's name, derived from Greek mythology, means the "Sea of Atlas." The oldest known mention of this name is contained in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (I 202). The Atlantic is famous for many different historic events, one of them being the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912 after hitting an iceberg.

This ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending in a north-south direction and is divided into the North Atlantic and South Atlantic by Equatorial Counter Currents at about 8° North latitude. Bounded by the Americas on the west and Europe and Africa on the east, the Atlantic is linked to the Pacific Ocean by the Arctic Ocean on the north and the Drake Passage on the south. A man-made connection between the Atlantic and Pacific is provided by the Panama Canal. On the east, the dividing line between the Atlantic and the Indian Ocean is the 20° East meridian, running south from Cape Agulhas to Antarctica. The Atlantic is separated from the Arctic by a line from Greenland to northwestern Iceland and then from northeastern Iceland to the southernmost tip of Spitsbergen and then to North Cape in northern Norway.[1]

Covering approximately 20% of Earth's surface, the Atlantic Ocean is second only to the Pacific in size. With its adjacent seas it occupies an area of about 106,400,000 square kilometres (41,100,000 sq mi); without them, it has an area of 82,400,000 square kilometres (31,800,000 sq mi). The land area that drains into the Atlantic is four times that of either the Pacific or Indian oceans. The volume of the Atlantic Ocean with its adjacent seas is 354,700,000 cubic kilometres (85,100,000 cu mi) and without them 323,600,000 cubic kilometres (77,640,000 cu mi).

The average depths of the Atlantic, with its adjacent seas, is 3,338 metres (10,932 ft); without them it is 3,926 metres (12,881 ft). The greatest depth, 8,605 metres (28,232 ft), is in the Puerto Rico Trench. The width of the Atlantic varies from 2,848 kilometres (1,770 mi) between Brazil and Liberia to about 4,830 kilometres (3,000 mi) between the United States and northern Africa.

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2006-12-08 19:31:31 · answer #10 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 1 0

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