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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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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
What treaty entitled the US to control land from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?
The Adams-Onis Treaty
What plants are found in Pacific Ocean?
i recommend this site http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0311165/poanim.htm
What country borders the pacific ocean and the Caribbean sea?
Mexico
Nicaragua
Honduras
Panama
Columbia
Who led an expedition across the Rockies to the Pacific?
Sacagawea, Shoshone Native American woman, acted as translator and guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805 and 1806. She is generally credited with leading the expedition over the rockies.
Another View:
The expression 'led' in relation to exploration expeditions in normal language refers to the expedition leaders, not the guides.
So the answer is Lewis and Clark.
What are names of fishes you can find in the sea?
Answer:There are far too many to list! Answer:There are so many thousands that no one can possibly name them all. Umm off the top of my head... Salmon, Bass, Great White Sharks, Tuna, Cat Fish, Ahi (a type of tuna), Mahi Mahi, etc.
What two oceans toch the continent of europe?
Europe is bordered by two :
- North by the Arctic Ocean
- West by the Atlantic Ocean
The Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean is divided by the Great Divide. The continental divide is an imaginary drainage line.
Is pacific ocean saltier than Caribbean?
The Red Sea and the Mediterranean are much more salty than the Caribbean. There is a difference of about 5 grams per 1000 more
It is called the Continental Divide.
This state is the second largest state what the state?
Second largest is Texas.
Third largest is California.
