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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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Why do pacific people use stars for navigation?
Stars have been used for navigation for thousands of years. Different stars are in different sections of the sky and can even tell you what your latitude and longitude are, provding you have proper equipment. Before maps where made people had to guess using the North Star and the sun. If they don't have a GPS or a compass they follow the stars.
How did resources of the pacific northwest affect the lives on the people who lived there?
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What is average depth of the Pacific Ocean?
jolly AVERAGE DEPTH: PACIFIC OCEAN:4300 M ATLANTIC OCEAN:3600 M INDIAN OCEAN:3500 M
What river runs through Alaska before emptying into the pacific ocean?
Alaska has hundreds of rivers.
At a guess, I'd say the Susitna River whose mouth is the Cook inlet of the Pacific Ocean.
How many contienents are there?
There are approximately seven continents. The seven continents are; Antarctica, Australia, Europe, South America, North America, Asia, and Africa.
Peace at all costs. It can mean compromise for the sake of peace. The underlying attitude is one of non-violence.
However, there are many non-violent people who would not compromise their principles, and therefore, strictly speaking, they are not 'pacifists'.
Who were the British explorers who mapped Canada's Pacific coast?
Captain James Cook and Captain George Vancouver!
Can California fall into the Pacific Ocean during a bad earthquake?
There are 7 major tectonic plates of rock on the Earth's crust. Most of California sits on the edge of the North American Plate, while part of it's edge sits on the edge of the Pacific Plate. These plates have what are called "convergent boundaries" meaning they move next to each other horizontally. Where they meet is called San Andreas Fault. This fault is not like the "mid-Atlantic Ridge" (in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean) which is a "Divergent Boundary" that is pushing the Atlantic coast further way from the African Coast. So, eventually what will happen is that someday San Francisco will be looking at the LA sky while LA looks at the San Francisco sky, but this will take millions of years.
What is the amount of light in the pacific ocean?
Depends on where you are in the ocean. Coastal water tends to be full of marine life, sediment, etc. that prevent light from reaching very deep. It also depends on the brightness of the light (obviously) but also the wavelength. Water absorbs longer wavelengths (green to red) quite well. Blues penetrate the deepest before being absorbed, which is why the water always looks blue when you're watching something that was filmed deep down. Coastal waters absorb greens and yellows the best, which is why they tend to look either teal or bright blue near the shore. Whether that's due just to different properties of the water itself (salinity, temperature, etc.) or the marine plants and such, I have no idea.
For those reasons (and the slightly more obvious reason of different times of day having different amounts of light), your question can't really be answered as asked. You would have to use averages from samples of ocean water to assign it an average opacity and go from there. According to NOAA, visible light decreases logarithmically at a rate of 90% per 75m, meaning at 75m you would have 10% of the light you would on the surface, then at 150m you would have 10% of that amount of light, which would be 1% of the light you had at the surface.
What riverforms part of the border between Oregon and Washington and flowsinto the pacific ocean?
The Columbia River
What are facts about vasco de Balboa's trip?
Well, Balboa found the Pacific Ocean and found riches, such as pearls, gold, and jewlery. That was the highlights but that didn't have difficulties. One of the difficulties was lack of food. Next time you should look it up in a book because otherwise you are not learning anything. So do not cheat just read a biography.
What are the seven continents?
The seven continents in order from largest to smallest are :
- Asia
- Africa
- North America
- South America
- Antarctica
- Europe
- Australia
The 7 continents are Europe, North America, Southern America, Antarctica, Asia, Australia and Africa
the seven continents are asia, africa, south america, north america, antarctica, europe and australia
The seven continents are - Africa - 30,300,000 sq km Antarctica - 14,000,000 sq km approx Asia - 44,700,000 sq km Australia - 7,686,850 sq km Europe - 9,940,000 sq km North America - 24,360,000 sq km South America - 17,770,000 sq km
What is threatening the Pacific Ocean?
the creatures in the ocean like sharks since its the largest ocean in the world
Which country bordering the Pacific Ocean is Central America's most densely populated country?
El Salvador
What navigator renamed The south sea the pacific ocean?
Magellan renamed the south sea to the Pacific ocean.
What percentage of earth surface is cover by the ocean?
Approximately, 72.1% of the Earth's surface is covered by Ocean.
