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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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What river flows into the pacific ocean?
Two rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean are St. Mary's River and the Margaree River.
How many different kinds of animals live in the ocean?
There are estimated to be 230,000 marine species currently known to science.
120,000 species are now registered with the Census of Marine Life which checks and validates descriptions for the World Register of Marine Species, an attempt at creating a register of descriptions of all marine life.
How many miles is the tip of America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean?
From Brownsville TX to Van Buren ME is about 2156 miles in a straight line. By road, depending on the route taken is about 2631 miles.
Is the pacific ocean a compound element homogeneous or heterogeneous?
I think that it is a Mixture because it is salt + water evenly mixed together.
Does Arizona borders Pacific ocean?
Arizona does not border an ocean---but it is close to the Pacific Ocean.
What states border the Pacific Ocean in order?
California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska border the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii is located in the Pacific Ocean.
Why is the pacific ocean slowly getting smaller?
The reason the Pacific Ocean is shrinking is because of the deep water trenches there, while the Atlantic ocean is getting bigger. In about 500 million years the Pacific will not be there and the Atlantic will be overflowing.
Who was the Spaniard that crossed the Panama?
The spanish explorer that explored panama is Vasco Nunez de Balboa. The spanish explorer that explored panama is Vasco Nunez de Balboa.
What is happening to the Pacific Ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking as the Atlanic Ocean is spreading. Subduction is occurring in the Pacific ocean and the continental plates are moving and that changes the placement of the oceans.
Why are there no lobsters in the Pacific Ocean?
There are no clawed lobsters in the Pacific Ocean, but spiny lobsters can be found there. As for why there are no clawed lobsters in the Pacific, there is no consensus that I know of on why this is the case. It is almost surely related to the evolutionary history of clawed lobsters. Perhaps clawed lobsters evolved in the northern Atlantic originally, and because they were isolated from the northern Pacific by the North American continent, they were unable to migrate to the north Pacific.
What is the largest island off the Pacific coast?
New Guinea, the second largest island in the world.
Is the pacific ocean off the east coast of the US?
The Pacific Ocean is off the Western Coast of the United States. The Atlantic Ocean is off the Eastern Coast of the United States.
What is a major river in china?
The Yangtze is the longest river in China and the 3rd longest in the world. It is known as the golden waterway. It has a warm humid climate with fertile soil.
Who was the first European to cross the pacific ocean?
History does not tell us. What we do have is this:
- 6th century BCE,Euthymenes, explores the northwest coast of Africa.
- 6th century BCE, Hanno the Cartheginian, explores the west coast of Africa.
- 5th century BCE, Himilco the Cartheginian sails out of the Mediterranean and reaches the northern coast of Europe (France), following the trade routes of the Tartessians (a tribe from the southern Iberian Peninsula). Himilco is credited with discovering (or at least communicating encountering) the Saragasso Sea (North Atlantic Gyre).
- 4th century BCE, Pytheas of Massalia, explores the coast of Britain, the North Sea, and parts of Scandinavia.
- 6th century CE, Saint Brendan perhaps reaches Iceland.
- 9th century CE, Naddodur, settled Iceland.
- 9th century, CE, KhashkhÄsh ibn Sa`Ä«d ibn Aswad, Atlantic Ocean and parts unknown -- Although it is not a popular theory,KhashkhÄsh ibn Sa`Ä«d ibn Aswad may have been the first Old World explorer to have reached the New World across the Atlantic.*
- 10th century CE, Erik Thorvaldsson (Erik the Red), reaches Iceland, and Greenland.
- 10th century CE, Ibn Farrukh, lands on the Canary Islands.
- 11th Century CE, Lief Ericson, reaches Newfoundland, and perhaps present day Maine and Massachusetts.
- 11th century CE, Thorfinn Karlsefni settled L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland. His son Snorri was born there (the first European recorded to have been born in North America, perhaps all of the western hemisphere).
- 15th century CE, Columbus reaches the Caribbean.
- 16th century CE, the Spanish Conquistadors reach mainland North America.
*It is important to note that there are unproven hypotheses regarding the Egyptians and North Africans reaching the Western Hemisphere during the height of the rule of the Pharaohs. Additionally, there is strong evidence that ancestors of the Japanese and Chinese may have predated Columbus' landings in the Western Hemisphere by 100-10,000 years, and ancient Polynesians are believed to have visited the west coast of North and South America on a regular basis.
This region stretches for more than 800 miles along the pacific ocean?
the coast or it could be the cental valley
What is the original meaning of the pacific ocean?
The person who named it the pacific ocean named it this because of its calmness and beauty
The Atlantic Ocean is the deepest ocean on Earth?
This answer is false - the deepest and the largest is THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Hi, Erika.
What is the largest and smallest state in the pacific states?
The Pacific states are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Alaska is the largest state in the U.S. with total land area of 570,640 square miles. Hawaii is the smallest of the Pacific states with a total land area of 6,422 square miles and a total area (land and water) of 10,931 square miles. California has total area of 163,394 square miles and total land area of 155,779 square miles. Oregon has total area of 98,378 square miles and total land area of 95,988 square miles. Washington has total area of 71,297 square miles and total land area of 66,455 square miles.
Where does most seismic activity occur?
Most seismic activities are associated with areas of active tectonism. So earthquakes occurs principally in such areas.
Is Georgia on the coast of Pacific Ocean?
yes it's most definitely the east coast its right on the Atlantic ocean many people think its the south but it's NOT!! that's disrespecting the South but it is South East (South East meaning its the South of the EAST!!) but Georgia is ultimately the East Coast and all southern states touch the Gulf Of Mexico and Georgia does not here's the map mason dixon line has no part of determining the suth and yes Florida is the south
Actually, the State of Georgia is not an "East Coast" state. It is a southern state that is part of the Eastern Seaboard. The states that are typically referred to as the "East Coast" are the original 13 colonies, which are located in the eastern most region of the U.S.. Likewise, the term "West Coast" refers to the states located in the western most region of the U.S. So, while Georgia is part of the Eastern Seaboard, its location makes it a Southern state.
Do surface currents occur only to the pacific ocean?
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Oceanic gyres and currentsCurrents
Arctic Ocean
East Greenland · Norwegian
Atlantic Ocean
Agulhas · Angola · Antilles · Azores · Baffin Island · Benguela · Brazil · Canary · Cape Horn · Caribbean · East Greenland · East Iceland · Falkland · Florida · Guinea · Gulf Stream · Irminger · Labrador · Lomonosov · Loop · North Atlantic · North Brazil · North Equatorial · North Equatorial Counter · Norwegian · Portugal · Slope Jet · South Atlantic · South Equatorial · Spitsbergen · West Greenland
Indian Ocean
Agulhas · East Madagascar · Equatorial Counter Current · Indian Monsoon Current · Leeuwin · Madagascar · Mozambique · Somali · South Australian · South Equatorial · West Australian
Pacific Ocean
Alaska · Aleutian · California · Cromwell · East Australia · Equatorial Counter Current · Hamboldt · Kamchatka · Kuroshio · Mindanao · North Equatorial · North Pacific · Oyashio · South Equatorial
Southern Ocean
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Gyres
Major oceanic systems
Indian Ocean Gyre · North Atlantic Gyre · South Atlantic Gyre · North Pacific Gyre · South Pacific Gyre
Other gyres
Beaufort Gyre · Indian Monsoon Gyre · Ross Gyre · Weddell Gyre
Atmospheric circulation · Boundary currents · Coriolis effect · Ekman transport · Great Pacific Garbage Patch · Marine debris · Ocean · Thermohaline circulation[show]v • d • e
Physical oceanography
