How deep are oceans?

Answer 1

Oceanic crust is part of the lithosphere and is considered part of the crust. It extends down 7 kilometers, or 4 miles. It is relatively thin in comparison with other layers. It is deep beneath the oceans and is very dense.

Answer 2

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Pacific Ocean -14,000 feet

Atlantic Ocean-12,900 feet

Indian Ocean-12,8000 feet

Southern Ocean-14,450 feet

Arctic Ocean-4,300 feet

Australasian Central Sea -3,900 feet

Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea-7,300 feet

Mediterranean and Black Seas-4,690 feet

North Sea-310 feet

Baltic Sea-180 feet

Irish Sea-200 feet

English Channel-180 feet

The World Ocean -12,430 fee

Answer 3

Immediately offshore is the continental shelf, which rarely exceeds about 500 foot depth. After that there is a sudden increase in depth to the abyssal plain of the ocean, which usually far exceeds 9000 foot depth.

Answer 4

There are 45 bodies of water considered as seas. The deepest is the Solomon Sea, with a depth of 14764 ft. The deepest ocean is the Pacific, at the Marianas Trench.

Answer 5

The abyssal zone is the deepest part of the oceanic zone. It has a depth of 4,000 to 6,000 meters.

Answer 6

The average depth of the world's oceans is 12,430 feet with the deepest point being the Mariana Trench with a depth of 6.8 miles.

Answer 7

The deepest place in this trench- the deepest place in any ocean- is 11 kilometers below sea level.

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Answer 8

The oceanic crust is at the bottom of the ocean, about 14,000 feet deep. It is about 4 miles thick.

Answer 9

There are 4 main oceans in the world. These oceans are all very different and have differing miles to get to the bottom of them.

Answer 10

Oceans can be more than six miles deep.