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What is a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent is called?
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What continent surrounds Australia?
rephase-it's surrounded by water
What the definition of an island?
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent. dictionary.com
What is difference between continent and sub continent?
a continent is a large landmass which is ideally separated by large expanse of water..it has distinct features like mountains,valleys, plains, plateaus, deserts,climatic conditions etc and is composed of countries.. but a subcontinent is a large landmass which is inside a continent but having the special distinctive feature of that of a continent like mountain ranges that separate it from the rest of the continent,sea surrounding it,plateaus,plains,deserts and most importantly varied climatic conditions on different parts of it.. a subcontinent has every feature to be called as a continent except that it is not large enough to be called a continent
What is the edge of continent called?
It is called the continental shelf and is located on the edge of a continent and in the water.
What is the tip of a continent called?
Water Skip
What is the body of water called above Antarctica?
The Southern Ocean surrounds the continent of Antarctica.
What continent surrounds Australia?
rephase-it's surrounded by water
What is the water of the body called surrounds the?
peninsula
What is land that is surrounded completely by water?
It is called an island.
What the definition of an island?
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent. dictionary.com
Is there any fish there in the Antarctica?
Antarctica is a continent and fish live in water, in this case, in the Southern Ocean. Yes, there are fish in the Southern Ocean that surrounds the Antarctic continent.
What makes Staten Island an island?
It is a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water and not large enough to be called a continent.
When land completely surrounds an area of water what is the water feature called?
A lake.
What is the area in miles of the Antarctic sea?
There are several seas associated with Antarctica, none with that name. The large body of water that surrounds the Antarctic continent is known as the Southern Ocean. It has a total area of 7,848,300 square miles.
How does an ocean differ from a continent and an island?
An ocean is a large body of water. An island is a piece of land in a body of water. A continent is a large body of land.
What is the largest bodies of land?
The largest areas of land on Earth are called continents.
What is difference between continent and sub continent?
a continent is a large landmass which is ideally separated by large expanse of water..it has distinct features like mountains,valleys, plains, plateaus, deserts,climatic conditions etc and is composed of countries.. but a subcontinent is a large landmass which is inside a continent but having the special distinctive feature of that of a continent like mountain ranges that separate it from the rest of the continent,sea surrounding it,plateaus,plains,deserts and most importantly varied climatic conditions on different parts of it.. a subcontinent has every feature to be called as a continent except that it is not large enough to be called a continent
