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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
Will part of California break off into the Pacific Ocean?
No. It is true that a portion of southern and western California is moving northward, but very slowly. A major earthquake may result in a movement of perhaps 20 or 30 feet. It will take millions of years for there to be any significant change.
Is the Pacific Ocean spreading?
actually no, it is getting smaller as the Atlantic ocean gets bigger due to the contininents of Africa and Europe being pushed further away from the Americas by the mid Atlantic ridge. But as you observe the official data on ocean floor age, you might come to another conclusion.
Distance from Honolulu to Wake island?
Wake Island is technically a part of the Hawai'ian Island chain.
Where does the Atlantic ocean start?
I believed it started from Guyana, South America. There is a beach there referred as the No. 63 Beach. The Atlantic Ocean begins from that beach.
Where does the sun rise in the Atlantic ocean and set in the Pacific ocean?
On the Panama Canal because of the way the oceans curve into the land
Largest river flowing into the pacific ocean from north America?
the cabbage patch kids creek in Zebeckistan
Is the pacific ocean larger then the continent of Asia?
Yes, yes it is. The Pacific Ocean is 180 million square kilometres in area and is bigger than the areaof all the land masses of the Earth combined.
How far is barbados from the Atlantic ocean?
Miami, Florida is approximately 1,598 miles away from Barbados. Miami is at the southernmost tip of Florida, and thus mileage from more northern points of Florida would increase in distance.
Does the Columbia river empties into the Pacific Ocean?
It's the opposite way my friend. The pacific ocean loses about one inch per year, and Japan's earthquake made the pacific lose about 4 inches of water.
How do continental margins in the Atlantic Ocean differ from those in the Pacific Ocean?
Many of them are active, the most famous such boundary is the circum-Pacific belt
Which south American country does not border the pacific ocean?
Just two South American nations are landlocked: Bolivia and Paraguay.
What European first saw the pacific oceanin 1513?
In 1513, the first European to see the Pacific Ocean was Vasco Nunez de Balboa. While on a journey searching for gold, he crossed the Isthmus of Panama, reaching the Pacific Ocean.
What are biotic factors of the Pacific Ocean?
Some biotic factors of the ocean are fish, whale, shark, dolphin, anything that is living in the ocean. There can also be plants like seaweed, coral and more.
jellyfish
shark
whale
dolphin
krill
sponges
seaweed
plankton
squids
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean. It has a total area of about 106,400,000 square kilometres (41,100,000 sq mi).
According to Wikipedia the Atlantic Ocean covers a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres (41.1 million square miles).
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world at 76,762,000 sq km.
Average depth of Pacific Ocean?
The average depth of the Pacific Ocean is 15,200 feet. The deepest depth of the Pacific is the Mariana Trench, which is 36,200 feet deep.
Which state shares its entire western border with pacific ocean?
Oregon.
One would think that California, Washington and Alaska would too. But, Alaska borders the Bering Sea not the Pacific Ocean. And California and Washington both have borders that snake back and border smaller inlets.
What is the cardinal direction of the Pacific Ocean from Colorado Springs Colorado?
The cardinal direction of the Pacific Ocean to all of the contiguous 48 states is west....
What are the adaptations for plants animals in the pacific ocean?
Fish in the twilight zone have bigger eyes to see better in the darkness.
What country can you see both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans from?
From North to South:
Canada
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Colombia
and arguably:
Chile or Argentina
depending on where the borders of the oceans are drawn.
How much trash is in the Pacific Ocean?
More than thousands of people visit the ocean so think of how many of those people pee in the ocean is probably more than half of those people do and so further more to say even more than that people put trash in the ocean for there has been evidence on tapes of people doing this also known as littering. This is illegal to liter and there for u should not do this. It is very unhealthy for the life that lives under the water and pollutes the water. Killing the ocean does not makes things better. But more than 366,544,023 people put trash in the ocean
