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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.
2,049 Questions
Are there images from the bottom of the Mariana Trench?
there could possibly be pictures but I'm not certain.
It is fiji
How many Canadian provinces are in the pacific ocean?
Western States of the United States of America:
Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii
Four states on the East of Australia:
Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland
Other countries may have districts or provinces that border the Pacific Ocean as well. Then we have to ask: Is a Province a State by just another name?
Actually there are three continents that do not touch the Pacific Ocean, if you accept that the Southern Ocean is a separate Ocean. The continents are Antarctica, Europe and Africa. Otherwise it is Europe and Africa.
Does the Columbia river run into the Pacific Ocean?
Yes, it enters the Pacific Ocean by way of the Sea of Cortez.
How deep is the Marianas Trench in the pacific ocean?
35 838ft/10 923m deep. the deepest point in the trench is the challenger deep
What types of coral are in the Pacific Ocean?
Tons of em. There are so many at Catalina, it isn't even funny.
Which states in the continental US border the pacific ocean?
There are three states in the continental U.S. bordered by the Pacific Ocean. These states are Washington, Oregon, and California.
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Is the Pacific Ocean bigger than the Atlantic Ocean?
No. The Pacific ocean cover 46% of the earth's water. The Atlantic Ocean is 76,762 and the Pacific Ocean is 155,557.
What ocean was named after Magellan?
The Straits of Magellan (between Tierra del Fuego and Chile) are named after him. It is not an entire ocean.
Is Washington state next to the pacific ocean?
If u mean the state, the pacific ocean, if you mean d.c. the Atlantic.
p.s. You really didn't need to ask that question on wiki answers. You could have just googled a map of the united states. Oceans are labeled on maps too.
What is most of the floor of the North Pacific Ocean covered with?
Biogenous are dominant on deep-ocean floors.
Is the Bermuda traingle in the Pacific Ocean?
No. It is in the Carribean, or near to it, on the Atlantic Ocean side of the US.
What two rivers flow into the Indian Ocean?
The two rivers are the Murray and the Darling Rivers which, together with their many tributaries, drain the southeastern quadrant of the continent. The Darling River flows into the Murray, which in turn has its mouth at Encounter Bay in South Australia.
It is disputed, however, whether the Murray empties into the Southern Ocean or the Indian Ocean. Geographers cannot agree on the northern boundary of the Southern Ocean but, as far as Australia is concerned, the river system drains into the Southern Ocean, not the Indian Ocean.
How long is the ring of fire that stretches along the pacific ocean?
The Pacific Ring of Fire (or sometimes just the Ring of fire) is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.
Is the Mariana Trench a convergent boundary?
yes it was, the pacific plate is descending under the Eurasian plate
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What fraction of the Earth's water is in the Pacific ocean?
answ2. Of all the Earths water, 2.75% is fresh, but 2.05% of the total water is locked up in glaciers and Antarctic ice. The atmosphere contains 0.04% of the Earths fresh water. There is also some contained in trees and vegetation, but figures are not easily available.
So the Oceans are about 97% of the total water.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Is Pacific Ocean a part of Antarctica?
No. Antarctica is a continent surrounded by the Southern Ocean, the extent of which is poorly defined insofar as its join with the Pacific Ocean.
