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The Atlantic Ocean
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Explain in detail how the atlantic ocean formed between the americas and europe and africa?
The basin of the Atlantic ocean formed when the Americas started moving west away from Africa and Europe. There is a giant mid-ocean ridge that runs north to south in the middle of the Atlantic. This is a seafloor spreading zone where convection currents from the mantle cause the crust to split apart and move in opposite directions.
Which country can you find the red sea?
The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean which runs between Asia and Africa. Some of the closest countries to it are: Egypt (Africa) and Israel (Asia) to the North, Sudan (Africa) to the West, Saudi Arabia to the East, and Somalia (Africa) to the South.
Where in the world is the Indian Ocean?
The Indian ocean runs through Asia (India, Indonesia etc) to Australia to East Africa (Somalia)
Where is the Mozambique current?
The Mozambique current runs down the east cost of Africa (Indian Ocean)
What mountain range runs across northern Africa from the Atlantic ocean to the mediterranean sea?
Kilimanjaro mountains
What ocean touches north America and Africa?
The Atlantic Ocean touches both North America and Africa (as well as Europe and South America). It runs from the top of the globe to the bottom, second only to the Pacific ocean in size.
What body of water is located on the west coast of Africa?
The southern Atlantic Ocean is to the West of Africa. Africa is a continent in two hemispheres. The Ocean runs from the North Pole to South Pole and is the 2nd largest body of water on the planet.
What body of water runs between Europe and Africa?
The Mediterranean Sea.
What two oceans does the prime meridian run through?
The Prime Meridian actually passes through three continents: Europe, Africa, and Antarctica.
The Mozambique and Benguela Currents flow along the coast of which continent?
The Mozambique and Benguela Currents both occur off the coast of the continent of Africa and form part of the Indian Ocean gyre which is a system of rotating ocean currents, and one of five oceanic gyres. The Mozambique current runs along the eastern coast of Africa between Africa and Madagascar, whereas the Benguela Current flows along the western coast of Africa between Namibia and the Southern African Cape.
What is the dividing line between atlantic and pacific watersheds?
Continental Divide is the drainage that divides sea or ocean. The Great Divide or the Continental Divide of the Americas is the division of the Pacific Ocean watersheds from the Atlantic and Arctic.
What desert is in Namiba Africa?
The Namib Desert, it runs almost the entire length of the west cost of the county and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean
