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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest in the world and is bounded by Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east.
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How did the word ''ocean get its name?
the oceans are named by explores .like the pacific ocean was named by vasco Nunez balboa.He named it that by thinking about pacifiers and how it soothes a baby,because the ocean was clam. That's how the oceans get named.
Cause of storm in pacific ocean?
A sudden or long-term heating of the water, causing overactive evaporation, with the right conditions, can cause a cycling movement in form of a storm(What a time to make a rhyme!) or worse, a hurricane. So down to earth, the cause of a storm in the Pacific ocean is most likely global warming or warm anomalies.
Name two states that border the pacific ocean?
There are five such US States, choose three: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.
This was on my homework (: The spanish made it about 7584 miles (with boat obviously ) And continued to make settlements between 1600 and 1785 ! Your welcome (:
The mariana trench was most likely created by?
The Marianas trench is caused by the subduction of the western edge of, the Pacific tectonic plate beneath the eastern edge of the smaller Mariana Plate that lies to the west. Since the Pacific plate is the largest of all the tectonic plates on Earth, crustal material at its western edge has had a long time since formation (up to 170 million years) to compact and become very dense; hence its great height-difference relative to the higher-riding Mariana Plate, at the point where the Pacific Plate crust is subducted. This, in turn, results in a particularly deep trench.
South Pacific Ocean,North Pacific Ocean,Indian Ocean
Which is the largest Atlantic Ocean Or the Pacific Ocean?
- The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean in the world at 155,557,000 sq km. Its deepest point is the Mariana Trench (Challenger Deep) at 11,033 metres. The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world at 76,762,000 sq km. Its deepest point is the Puerto Rico Trench (Milwaukee Deep) at 8,648 metres.
What is the average depth in the ocean's floor?
There are so many different depth levels of the ocean, it is pretty much impossible to calculate the average depth unless every part of the ocean is measured.
Update: The average is 3,700 meters.
Wikipedia gives the average depth of the World Ocean (that's taking all the Oceans as one continuous body of water) as 3,790 metres (12,430 ft),
Is the Atlantic Ocean growing or shrinking?
The Atlantic is getting bigger as the Eurasian and American plates move further away from each other.
The Pacific is getting smaller which can be seen most easily in San Francisco where the large amount of earthquakes are due to the pacific plate being pushed underneath the American plate.
Why did Europeans explore the Atlantic Ocean?
To get to the other side!
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Good, very original answer!
Unfortunately it begs another.
They went for a variety of reasons. Some merchants went to make a slightly more than modest amount of money, honest pay for honest work and risk. There were many who went for power and glory. Some claimed to go to do the work of God, and in a very few cases, I think this was quite true.
What occurs over the pacific that affects world wide weather?
El nino is a climatic event that begins in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean. This oceanic anomaly can effect temperature and weather worldwide.
What is the only Central American country to border the Pacific Ocean but not the Atlantic Ocean?
El Salvador is the only Central American country to border the Pacific Ocean but not the Atlantic Ocean.
First name of the Pacific Ocean?
Nicko polario.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the world's five oceans (followed by the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean). Strategically important access waterways include the La Perouse, Tsugaru, Tsushima, Taiwan, Singapore, and Torres Straits. The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcpacific.htm
Who was the first one to see the pacific ocean from the Americas?
The first EUROPEAN to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas was Balboa. Presumably the natives had noticed it once or twice before.
Does Ghana have a coastline on the Atlantic ocean?
Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coastin the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south.
