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What is the difference between an ocean a sea a river and a lake?
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∙ 11y ago
Although they are connected they all are different water systems. Some are fresh while others are salty. Oceans take up 70% of the earths volume while rivers only take up 0.0001%.
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What is the difference between an ocean a sea and a lake?
A lake is the smallest of the three, sea being next in size, and ocean the largest.
What is the difference in elevation between Lake Superior and the Saint Lawrence River?
In 2013, the average elevation of Lake Superior was 601.71 ft (183 m). The St. Lawrence River begins at the outlet of Lake Ontario at an elevation of 74.7 m (245 ft) and flows to the Atlantic Ocean where the elevation is zero (sea level). So the difference in elevation between the Lake and the River ranges from about 357 feet to about 602 feet, depending on where on the River you measure.
Can a river carry water from a lake to an ocean?
yes a river can carry water from a lake to a ocean.
What river ocean or lake starts with the letter A?
Atlantic Ocean Lake Abaya River Avonmore
What is the difference between a lagoon and a lake?
A lagoon is a body of water formed from the ocean leading to a beach in the round (meaning in a circle or half-circle shape). A lake is a body of water completely surrounded by land which may be fed into by a river or some such, and may feed into a river or some such.
What differs a sea from an ocean or a kake from a river?
The difference in bodies of water is usually where they are located and the type of water they contain. The difference between a sea and ocean is just that a sea is attached to an ocean and surrounded by land. A lake is usually freshwater and located in a natural depression while a river usually flows over a long distance one way.
What is it when a river flows into a lake?
Rivers flow into large bodies of water, such as oceans, bays, or lakes. The transition between river and ocean, bay or lake is known as a delta. Most rivers have a delta, an area where the river divides into many channels and river water mixes with sea or lake water.
What large body of water separates Greenland from Canada?
Rainy River, Pigeon River, St Marys River, St Clair River, Detroit River, Niagara River, St Lawrence River, St Croix River and St John River all form part of the International Boundary between the US and Canada.
What four bodies of water border the US?
the Atlantic pacific, Indian and the Arctic ocean
Island is to sea as lake is to?
city
What river from the northeast from Lake Ontario into the Atlantic Ocean?
The St Lawrence River runs northeast from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the name of the body of water located between Connecticut to the north and Long Island New york to the south?
The Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean border Connecticut.
