Atlantic Ocean

Life in the Atlantic Ocean

All life in the ocean is divided into three main groups. They are plankton, nekton, and benthos.

Plankton are all of the creatures in the sea that drift and float and rely on the tides to move them from place to place.

Plankton are all microscopic. They are either phytoplankton (microscopic plants) or zooplankton (jellyfish, copepods, arrowworms).

Many animals rely on plankton for their existence.

Nekton are all of the animals in the ocean that are able to swim on their own, without the help of the tides. This includes over 20,000 fish in the sea. These animals range in size from sharks which 50 feet in length to fish which are less than an inch long.

Most nekton have streamlined bodies to help them swim more effeciently.

Some nekton can travel at remarkable speeds. The sailfish can swim up to 30 miles an hour.

Many nektonic animals are able to swim vast distances. For example, the eel can travel thousands of miles.

Benthos are animals which live at the bottom of the sea.

Examples of benthotic animals are sea snails, clams, sponges, sea lilies, and starfish.

United Nations Farms

Virgin trains and alton towers work together to provide a train ticket to the theme park

I heard recently that for three weeks in July no one can go into the sea as that is when they appear.

The jellyfish migration occurs during the heat of the summer - from the middle of July through August. Their migration varies slightly with the temperature.

Last year (2009), they arrived in the middle of June.

(2008) the Start of July.

So it looks like they are arriving earlier and earlier.

natural harbors.

The Pacific Ocean

On his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, Christopher Columbus used three ships: the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María. The Santa María was the largest and served as the flagship, while the Niña and Pinta were smaller caravels. These ships were essential for Columbus's expedition, which ultimately led to the European discovery of the Americas.

The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1 and ends on Nov 30 of every year.

Mexico is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea on the east and by the Pacific Ocean and Gulf of California on the west.

Mount Everest 29,035 feet: tallest mountain on Earth. Marianas Trench 36,201 feet: deepest part of ocean on Earth. Maximum depth of water mass is greater than maximum height of land mass. See: www.earthmatrix.com

Ocean Atlantique (Atlantic Ocean) is salt water, as all oceans are.

Strait of Gibraltar

Age of Exploration

On the golf of mexico

Pennsylvania is the only state that was in the original 13 colonies that does not border the Atlantic Ocean. Vermont does not border the Atlantic Ocean, but it was not one of the original 13 colonies.

Think about how quick one second is...now consider this....in one second the Amazon pours almost 60 million gallons, or 620,000 cubic yards of water, into the Atlantic Ocean. This massive influx of fresh water actually dilutes the ocean's salinity, or saltiness, for up to 100 miles offshore. To put this massive amount of water into perspective keep in mind that one days worth of water flowing out of the Amazon is the equivalent of 12 years worth of water usage by the city of New York. Put another way, the average back yard swimming pool is about 30,000 gallons, the amazing Amazon River dumps enough water into the Atlantic Ocean every second to fill 2,000 swimming pools! EVERY SECOND!

The strait between Key West and Cuba is only named as part of the Florida Straits (Straits of Florida), which also separate the east coast of Florida from the Bahamas.

South Carolina because Texas borders the Gulf of Mexico

Amelia Earhart was the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic. The year however was 1932. 1928 was the year she was the first female pilot to cross the North American continent back and forth.

It is called the Pampas.

The Straits of Dover and it is the busiest seaway in the world.

The USVI are made up of four islands, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, and Water Island.

The British Virgin Islands are made up of more than 70 islands and cays.

The "Spanish" Virgin Islands (a tourism and marketing title) refers to Culebra, Culebrita and Vieques.

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Alcock and Brown flying a Vickers Vimy from NewFoundland to Ireland in 1919

Barcelona-Madrid as of September 19, 2006 - this is the busiest flight route overall, but it is actually domestic - in addition with the new high-speed train link between Barcelona and Madrid it is probably no longer as busy as it used to be

The busiest international route could be either of two, depending on who you want to offend: Hong Kong - Taipei with some 600 connections per week is probably seen by some as a domestic route but you certainly have to fly an international flight London Heathrow - Amsterdam with some 350 flights per week is the busiest European international route and the busiest international overall if you exclude the Chinese 'pseudo-domestic' routes

See the OAG website http://www.oag.com/oag/website/com/en/Press+Room/Press+Releases+2007/OAG+reveals+latest+industry+intelligence+on+the+busiest+routes+2109072 for more info