Showing posts with label Oceans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oceans. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Top 5 Oceans


                               Top 5  Oceans

Pacific
Area:155,557,000(sq km)
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.

Atlantic
Area:76,762,000(sq km)
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about 106,460,000 square kilometres. It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area.

Top 5 Islands of world 

Indian
Area:68,556,000(sq km)
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions.

Southern
Area:20,327,000(sq km)
The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean or the Austral Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the World Ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. 

Arctic
Area:14,056,000(sq km)
The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization recognizes it as an ocean.