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

The average depth of the world's oceans is about 12,080 feet (3,682 meters). The deepest part of the ocean is the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, which reaches a depth of about 36,070 feet (10,994 meters).

Answer 3

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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 4

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 5

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 6

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

Answer 7

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 8

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

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Answer 9

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

Answer 10

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.