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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 many miles across is the pacific ocean?
The Pacific Ocean is about 8500 miles in length, north-to-south, from the Arctic Ocean at the Bering Strait to the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
(This does not include the Bering Sea.)
Which ocean is between America and japan?
You're looking at about 5100 to 5200 miles, depending upon where you measure from. San Fran to Tokyo is 5133 miles.
Why is the deep pacific ocean more acidic than the deep Atlantic ocean?
Naturally, seawater in the North Pacific Ocean is more acidic (lower in pH) than in the North Atlantic Ocean. This is related to the circulation, biology and chemistry in the ocean, which involve complicated processes that oceanographers have been studying for decades. The results of these processes are that seawater in the North Pacific in general has lower pH, but higher TCO2 concentrations than that of the North Atlantic at similar latitude. source: WHOI Chemist Aleck Wang at http://funwithkrill.blogspot.com/2012/09/seawater-chemistry-north-atlantic-vs.html]
Name three islands located in the pacific ocean?
There are many islands located within the Pacific Ocean. Three of these islands include New Caledonia, Fiji, and Easter Island.
What was the belief that God intended for America to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
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What what ocean surrounds Hawaii?
The Pacific ocean surrounds all the islands that make up the state of Hawaii.
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What is a warm water event that occurs in tropical Pacific ocean?
Every three to seven years, El Niño occurs in the Pacific Ocean. El Niño means "the (Christ) Child" because it commonly appears at Christmas time. El Niño begins when water warms up by more than 1°F along the equator in the eastern Pacific and off the coast of Peru. Nutrients normally found in the cold waters of the area disappear. Underwater plants called Phytoplankton which use these nutrients, just like plants on land use fertilizer, grow slowly or die. This leaves less food for small animals called zooplankton. Small fish and other creatures who eat the zooplankton leave the area or starve to death. (See Fisheries for more information on the effects of El Niño.) A few months after the water warms up in the eastern tropical Pacific, weather patterns around the world begin to change. To understand these changes, let's look at what happens along the equator in the Pacific. Normally, the trade-winds blow strongly from east to west across the tropical Pacific. This flow of the winds from east to west is part of the Walker Circulation, named after Sir Gilbert Walker who studied atmospheric circulation in the 1920's. Walker circulation forces the warm surface water to the west along the equator. This produces a big pool of water hot as 86°F or 30°C in the western equatorial Pacific. The warm pool is shown in red in the diagram on the left below. As the winds blow along the equator, the Coriolis force causes water to flow northward away from the Equator in the northern hemisphere and southward in the southern hemisphere. The water pushed away from the equator must be replaced by water pulled up from deeper in the ocean, a process called upwelling. In the west, upwelling brings up warm water. In the east, upwelling brings up nutrient-rich water as cold as 73°F or 23°C, causing the ocean to teem with life. The cold area is shown in green in the diagram. El Nino is set in motion when the trade-winds in the western Pacific, which normally blow quite vigorously, slow down or reverse their direction. The weak winds can no longer hold the warm pool in the west. So the warm nutrient-poor water in the west surges back along the equator towards South America.
What ocean separates Japan from the United States?
The Pacific Ocean separates Japan from the United States. However, there are 6,303 miles between the two countries. The flight time between Los Angeles, California, and Tokyo, Japan is about 11 hours in length.
Pacific Island named for the holiday on which it was discovered?
Both Easter Island and Christmas Island were discovered on the holidays for which they were named - Easter Island was discovered on April 5, 1722, which was the date of Easter that year. Captain William Mynors discovered Christmas Island on December 25, 1643.
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According to the two Related Links, the average depth of the oceans is between 12000 and 12500 feet.
Why is the Atlantic coast colder than the pacific coast in the same latitude?
The water in the ocean holds heat and moves it around the world. In the Pacific Ocean, the water moves clockwise and the warm air moves north up the coast. The Atlantic current moves from the north to the south, bringing the cooler northern air along the coast. The Atlantic coasts on the east are about 20 degrees cooler than the Pacific coasts on the west. Plus, water holds heat much longer than land and the Pacific Ocean is larger than the Atlantic, so it's heat would last longer than the Atlantic Ocean's heat.
Mountains also affect the temperature. Large amounts of clouds are usually gathered near mountains. During the summer time, warm clouds and rain heats up the mountain. This heat is used up during the winter time. The east coast does not have nearly the same elevations as west coast, therefore the precipitation is usually colder.
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What are some producers in the Pacific Ocean?
Some of the producers in the ocean are very small. They consist of Plankton, krill, algae, kelp and more. These are just some examples that feed some of the biggest animals in the ocean.
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What is the deepest known point in the sea?
The Marianas Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans.
What is the difference between Atlantic ocean and pacific ocean?
the Atlantic Ocean is between N/S America and Europe/Africa. The Arctic ocean surrounds the north pole.
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