seas
2007-01-11 17:21:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
"A sea is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea. The term is used colloquially as synonymous with ocean, as in "the tropical sea" or "down to the sea shore", or even "sea water" to refer to water of the ocean. Large lakes, such as the Great Lakes, are sometimes referred to as inland seas. Many seas are marginal seas, in which currents are caused by ocean winds; others are mediterranean seas, in which currents are caused by differences in salinity and temperature."
The above definition would include the Gulf of Mexico, each of the Great Lakes, among other bodies of water. Check the source for more bodies of water that are seas and do not carry the word as part of its name.
2007-01-11 17:32:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the united staes of america has not even one sea in it or around the lower 48 states however the bering sea off the coast of alaska is a sea all the rest of bodys of water are called oceans,pacific and atlantic and gulf's the gulf of mexico and their are also straits and sounds like the puget sound and the straits of jaun de fuca and there are some large bodys of water called lakes like lake erie which is part of the great lakes between the united states and canada you can learn more about this online or in the library look under geogrophy
2007-01-11 18:04:04 · answer #2 · answered by Randall63 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bering Sea borders Alaska, and the Caribbean Sea (Gulf of Mexico) borders the Gulf States.
2007-01-11 17:28:56 · answer #3 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bering Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Otherwise, Atlantic and Pacific (oceans).
2007-01-12 00:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Using the word 'sea' literally, I believe only the Bering Sea (Alaska) and the Salton Sea (California) are the only 2 in the US.
2007-01-11 17:29:59 · answer #5 · answered by irish_giant 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you meant to say, "around" instead of "in"...Theres the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean& Gulf of Mexico.
The continental U.S. does not have a sea in it...just lakes and rivers all over.
2007-01-11 17:26:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sargasso Sea?
2007-01-11 17:29:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess you could count the Bering Sea, which touches Alaska.
2007-01-11 17:24:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Salton Sea is the only one that I know of that is called a sea.
2007-01-11 17:29:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the great salt lake is considered a landlocked sea and the great lakes are somtimes referred to as inland seas
2007-01-11 17:25:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋