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A basic answer is that the densest ocean water is the saltiest - a ship floats higher in salt water (sea) than in fresh water (lake).
Also cold water tends to sink towards the ocean floor, or may form a layer mid way.
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What does open water zone mean?
The deepest, darkest area of the ocean beyond the edge of the continental shelf.Open ocean is the part of an ocean where there is no land within a reasonable distance.
What is the worlds deepest body of water?
The deepest known part on Earth is located in Marianas Trench at a depth of 10.91 Kilometer (6.85 miles) in the Pacific Ocean. The deepest point in the Indian Ocean was measured at 80.47 Kilometers (5 miles deep) in Diamantina Trench in the Diamantina deeps. The deepest point in the Atlantic is 8.648 kilometers (5.37 miles) in the Puerto Rico Trench. The deepest point in the Arctic Ocean is 5.45 Kilometers (3.39 miles) in the Eurasian Basin.
What is second cooler layer of ocean water?
Surface zone
What layer of the Earth's crust that is not covered by ocean water is called the?
continental crust
What is the layer of the earth's crust that is not covered by ocean water is called?
continental crust
What is the earths densest layer of the atmosphere?
The troposphere, where all weather occurs, is the lowest and densest layer in the atmosphereIt is the lowest atmospheric layer. It is also the densest layer, containing 90% of the atmosphere's total mass. Almost all of the earth's carbon dioxide, water vapor.
Where is the densest ocean water generally found?
deep zone
Which ocean shares the longest stretch of open water with the Arctic Ocean?
It is the Atlantic Ocean. The Pacific is closed off by Siberia and Alaska in the Straight of Bering, and the Indian Ocean is almost in the Souther Hemisphere. The biggest flow of Artic water goes into the Atlantic as the densest and coldest layer of water in the Northern Hemisphere called North Atlantic Deep Water.
Is the pacific ocean the largest and deepest ocean?
yes it is the biggest ocean and it doesnt have the deepest waters but it does have very many small islands um... the ocean is water, and there are islands in the ocean. yes it is.
What layer of ocean does the fangtooth fish live in?
The Fangtooth Fish lives in the deepest parts of the ocean at about 5000 meters.
What is atmospheric layers of the Earth?
The troposphere, where all weather occurs, is the lowest and densest layer in the atmosphereIt is the lowest atmospheric layer. It is also the densest layer, containing 90% of the atmosphere's total mass. Almost all of the earth's carbon dioxide, water vapor.
The deepest water in the deep ocean is Antarctic Intermediate Water?
No, it's the Antarctic Bottom Water
Why cannot submarines reach the deepest parts of the ocean?
Submarines cannot reach the deepest parts of water because of the pressure or water and deepest surface is not a smooth, its full of rocks and sea plants.
What is the largest and the deepest ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean. It contains the deepest known trench, the Mariana Trench, which is 36,198 feet deep. The 'Pacific Ocean' encompasses approximately one third of the Earth's surface, with an area of 69.4 million square miles and a volume of 161 million cubic miles or 1.77279861 × 1020 US gallons of water.
Where is the world's densest the coldest ocean water?
the most densest region of the ocean is inside the red rectal system galaxy of the 3rd quadrant. the last time me and the homeboys went there yall homies were all up in my grizzle. word.
Is fresh water salt water or ice water densest?
salt water is densest
What is the largest body of salt water?
The deepest part of the Ocean is the Marianas Trench, in the Pacific.
