Sea of Aki- the open sea connecting the east and west of the Sea of Japan. It is small in size - only 35 * 45 km. In Japan, this sea is called "Aki Nada" (after the historical province of Aki), and its East End It's name is Itsuki.
The Sea of Aki is located in the monsoon zone in temperate latitudes - a rare phenomenon that has endowed the sea with an unusual climate: in summer there is more rainfall than in winter. The Aki Sea is considered seismically danger zone. During the monsoon period, powerful typhoons are born here, and the waves grow up to 12 meters. But the Japanese really appreciate the Aki Sea for its richest underwater world and abundance of fish. The sea is especially famous for mackerel and crucian carp.
Sea Bali
Sea Bali. The Bali Sea stretches between the islands of Bali, Lombok, Subawa, Java and Madura. Its area is 40 thousand km. The subequatorial zone provides a mild and humid climate. Storms are rare here, and the water temperature rarely drops below 28°C. It is for this that divers love the Bali Sea. Undersea world almost indistinguishable in beauty Indian Ocean. In the sea there are such unusual fish as barracudas, crocodile fish, angelfish, hammerhead sharks and giant tortoises. But swimming here is not very convenient, since coral thickets begin almost at the edge of the sea.
- one of the deepest in the world (average depth - 2744 m), located within the Malay Archipelago. Great depth, low tides (up to 2 m) and warm water ( average temperature 26-28°C) have made the Banda Sea one of the favorite meeting places for divers.
The underwater world here is exceptionally diverse. One of the most interesting views fish - talking umbrine fish. They make a sound like grunting, and very loud. Local fishermen simply listen to the water and easily determine the places where fish gather. And the catch of umbrine brought to the deck rolls up a deafening concert.
The sea got its name in honor of the Banda archipelago. Until the middle of the 19th century, these islands were the only place in the world where nutmeg was grown - the most valuable spice that Arab merchants sold at exorbitant prices. And the location of the islands was kept in the strictest confidence.
- the largest (area 2304 sq. km) and the deepest sea in Russia. Its average depth is 1640m, the greatest is 4151m. This sea is also the most northerly, ice is formed here already in September, and disappears only by the end of June. In winter, more than half of the sea is under ice, and in the Gulf of Laurentia, for example, the ice crust stays for years.
The Bering Sea is often called the "sea of abundance", because. it is one of the richest ecoregions in the world. It is home to over 450 species of fish, about 50 species of seabirds and more than 20 species of marine animals.
- an inland sea located between the islands of the Philippine archipelago. clear waters, snow-white beaches, cozy coves and magnificent weather made the sea a popular tourist destination. The sea is shallow (average depth is only 80 m), but very warm, as it is located near the equator. The underwater world of the sea is, first of all, coral thickets, which attract numerous species of fish and shellfish. Pearls are mined in shallow waters.
(Seto-Nankai Sea) is located between the Japanese islands and connects through the Shimonoseki Strait with the Sea of Japan, which washes these islands. The sea is shallow - the average depth is 22 meters. But in this water area there are over 1000 islands. The largest islands are connected by bridges.
Since ancient times, this sea has served as the most important transport artery. In the Middle Ages, the power of the sea was seized by pirates who had a huge fleet and completely controlled maritime trade in this region. The most influential were the pirates from the Murakami family clan, who received the status of samurai for their activities.
Unique natural conditions became the reason that it was the water area of the Inland Sea of Japan that became the world's first marine reserve (since 1934).
Located between the coast of China and the Japanese islands. Its area is 836 thousand sq. km, the average depth is 309 m, the greatest is 2718 m. This sea is very dangerous for sailors, since there are still huge unexplored areas of the water area, and navigation equipment is installed only near the most important ports. The uneven topography of the seabed is the result of numerous earthquakes, as a result of which powerful tsunamis are formed.
Washes the east coast of China and Korea. The area is 416 thousand square kilometers, the average depth is 40 m. It was called yellow because of the color of the water. The fact is that several of the largest Chinese rivers flow into this sea, which form deposits of sand and silt. And in spring, dust storms often rage over the sea, which are so strong that ships have to be stopped.
The first European to visit the Yellow Sea was Marco Polo, although the ancient peoples of China and Korea have traveled this sea since time immemorial and were active in maritime trade.
One of the most amazing natural phenomena occurs in the southwestern part of the sea. Here, between the Korean islands of Jindo and Modo, at low tide, the sea parted, exposing the bottom. For almost an hour, the “sea road” opens, along which you can get from one island to another on foot, practically without getting your feet wet. This happens 1-3 times a year. People call this phenomenon "the miracle of Moses".
- an inland sea located between the islands of the Philippine archipelago. It got its name in honor of the Camotes group of islands, which rise almost in the very center of the water area.
Camotes is located in the tropics, so in May there is calm, and from June to October typhoons dominate here.
Near the island of Cebu in the Camotes Sea is one of the most unusual places on our planet - Magnoles Bay. Huge reserves of beryllium have been discovered at the bottom of the bay. By dissolving in sea water, beryllium makes this water taste sweet. Therefore, Camotes is popularly called the "sweet sea".
Spread between Australia and the islands of New Guinea and New Caledonia. Total area - 4791 sq. km, the average depth is 2194 m (the greatest is 9140 m).
The sea got its name in honor of the corals, whose thickets form huge reefs and islands. This is where the longest coral reef in the world - the Great Barrier Reef. The entire water area has belonged to Australia since 1964.
There is also a tragic page in the history of the sea. In May 1942, one of the largest naval battles of World War II between the fleets of Japan and the allies (Great Britain, the USA and Australia) took place in the Coral Sea. It was the first battle of aircraft carriers in the world, and the ships themselves did not fire a single shot, and the battle was fought exclusively in the air.
Many seas wash the shores of one or more countries. Some of these seas are huge, others are very small... Only the inland seas are not part of the ocean.
After the Earth formed from a bunch of gas and dust 4.5 billion years ago, the temperature on the planet dropped and the vapor contained in the atmosphere condensed (turned into liquid when cooled), settling on the surface in the form of rain. From this water, the world ocean was formed, subsequently divided by the continents into four oceans. These oceans include numerous coastal seas, often interconnected.
The largest seas of the Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
Area: 5.7 million km2, located between Taiwan in the north, the Marianne Islands in the east, the Caroline Islands in the southeast and the Philippines in the west.
coral sea
Area: 4 million km 2, bounded in the west by Australia, Papua New Guinea in the north, Vanuatu in the east and New Caledonia
South China Sea
Area: 3.5 million km 2, located between the Philippines in the east, Malaysia in the south, Vietnam in the west and China in the north
tasman sea
Area: 3.3 million km 2, washes Australia in the west and New Zealand in the east and separates the Pacific and Indian oceans.
Bering Sea
Area: 2.3 million km 2, located between Chukotka (Russia) in the west and Alaska (USA) in the east.
Japanese Sea
Area: 970,000 km 2, located between the Russian Far East in the northwest, Korea in the west, and Japan in the east.
Major seas of the Atlantic Ocean
Sargasso Sea
Area: 4 million km 2, located between Florida (USA) in the west and the northern Antilles in the south.
Composition of sea water
Sea water is approximately 96% water and 4% salt. Not to mention Dead Sea, the saltiest sea in the world is the Red Sea: it contains 44 grams of salt per liter of water (against 35 grams on average for most seas). Such a high salt content is due to the fact that in this hot region, water evaporates faster.
gulf of guinea
Area: 1.5 million km 2, located at the latitude of the Coast Ivory, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
Mediterranean Sea
Area: 2.5 million km 2, surrounded by Europe in the north, Western Asia in the east and North Africa on South.
Antilles Sea
Area: 2.5 million km 2, located between the Antilles in the east, the coast South America in the South and Central America in the West.
Gulf of Mexico
Area: 1.5 million km 2, it is adjacent to the southern coast of the United States from the north and Mexico from the west.
Baltic Sea
Area: 372,730 km 2 , washes Russia and Finland in the north, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the east, Poland and Germany in the south and Denmark with Sweden in the west.
North Sea
Area: 570,000 km2, bordered by Scandinavia to the east, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France to the south, and Great Britain to the west.
Major seas of the Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
Area: 3.5 million km 2, washes the Arabian Peninsula in the west, Pakistan in the north and India in the east.
bay of bengal
Area: 2.1 million km 2, located between the coasts of India in the west, Bangladesh in the north, Myanmar (Burma) in the northeast, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the southeast and Sri Lanka in the southwest.
Great Australian Bight (Australian Bight)
Area: 1.3 million km 2, extends along the southern coast of Australia.
Arafura Sea
Area: 1 million km 2, located between papua new guinea in the northwest, Indonesia in the west and Australia in the south.
mozambique channel
Area: 1.4 million km 2, located near Africa, between the coasts of Mozambique in the west and Madagascar in the east.
The largest seas of the Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Area: 1.4 million km 2, washes the coast of Norway in the west and Russia in the east.
Greenland Sea
Area: 1.2 million km 2, bounded by Greenland in the west and the island of Svalbard (Norway) in the east.
East-Siberian Sea
Area: 900,000 km 2, washes the coast of Siberia.
The largest seas of Antarctica
inland seas
Inland, or closed, seas are completely surrounded by land. The Black and Caspian Seas are the largest of them.
Black Sea
Area: 461,000 km2. It is surrounded by Romania and Bulgaria to the west, Russia and Ukraine to the north, Georgia to the east and Turkey to the south. It communicates with the Mediterranean Sea through the Sea of Marmara.
Bellingshausen Sea
Area: 1.2 million km 2, located near Antarctica.
Caspian Sea
Area: 376,000 km2, located between Azerbaijan in the west, Russia in the northwest, Kazakhstan in the north and east, Turkmenistan in the southeast and Iran in the south.
Ross Sea
Area: 960,000 km2, located north of Antarctica.
Weddell Sea
Area: 1.9 million km 2, located between the South Orkney Islands (UK) and the South Shetland Islands (UK) in the north and Antarctica in the south.
The Dead Sea is so salty that there are no living organisms in it.
Ocean area - 178.7 million square kilometers;
Maximum depth - Mariana Trench, 11022 m;
Number of seas - 25;
Most big seas– Philippine Sea, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, Bering Sea;
The largest bay is Alaska;
The largest islands are New Zealand, New Guinea;
The strongest currents:
- warm - Northern Equatorial, Southern Equatorial, Kuroshio, East Australian;
- cold - West Winds, Peruvian, Californian.
The Pacific Ocean occupies a third of the entire earth's surface and half of the area of the World Ocean. Almost in the middle it crosses the equator. The Pacific Ocean washes the shores of five continents:
- Eurasia from the northwest;
- Australia from the southwest;
- Antarctica from the south;
- South and North America from the west.
In the north, through the Bering Strait, it connects with the North Arctic Ocean. In the southern part, the conditional boundaries between the three oceans - the Pacific and Indian, Pacific and Atlantic - are drawn along the meridians, from the extreme southern continental or island point to the Antarctic coast.
The Pacific Ocean is the only one that is located almost entirely within the boundaries of one lithospheric plate - the Pacific. In places where it interacts with other plates, seismically active zones arise, which create the Pacific seismic belt, known as the Ring of Fire. Along the edges of the ocean, on the borders lithospheric plates its deepest parts are the oceanic trenches. One of the main features of the Pacific Ocean are tsunami waves that result from underwater eruptions and earthquakes.
The climate of the Pacific Ocean is due to its location in all climatic zones, except for the polar one. Most precipitation occurs in the equatorial zone - up to 2000 mm. Due to the fact that the Pacific Ocean is protected by land from the influence of the Arctic Ocean, its Northern part warmer than south.
Trade winds reign in the central part of the ocean. Devastating tropical hurricanes - typhoons, which are characteristic of monsoonal air circulation, are characteristic of the western part of the Pacific Ocean. Storms are frequent in the north and south.
There is almost no floating ice in the North Pacific, as the narrow Bering Channel limits communication with the Arctic Ocean. And only the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea are covered with ice in winter.
The flora and fauna of the Pacific Ocean is characterized by richness and diversity. One of the richest organisms in terms of species composition is the Sea of Japan. The coral reefs of tropical and equatorial latitudes are particularly rich in life forms. The largest coral structure is the Big barrier reef(Great Coral Reef) near east coast Australia, home to tropical fish species, sea urchins, stars, squids, octopuses… Many species of fish are of commercial importance: salmon, chum salmon, pink salmon, tuna, herring, anchovies…
In the Pacific Ocean, there are also ssavtsy: whales, dolphins, fur seals, sea beavers (found only in the Pacific Ocean). One of the features of the Pacific Ocean is the presence of animal giants: blue whale, whale shark, king crab, tridacna mollusk ...
The territories of more than 50 countries, in which almost half of the world's population lives, go to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
The beginning of the development of the Pacific Ocean by Europeans was laid by Ferdinand Magellan (1519 - 1521), James Cook, A. Tasman, V. Bering. In the XVIII- XIX centuries the expeditions of the English ship Challenger and the Russian ship Vityaz had particularly important results. In the second half of the 20th century, the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl and the Frenchman Jacques-Yves Cousteau carried out interesting and versatile studies of the Pacific Ocean. On the present stage specially created international organizations are engaged in the study of the nature of the Pacific Ocean.
He is a champion in many respects: here is the deepest earthly cavity, and the most powerful typhoons (despite the "mild" name). Here is the largest number of seas, which is natural, based on its size. Now we will look at the seas of the Pacific Ocean, a list of their names, learn something interesting about them.
How many seas are there in the world?
To start a conversation follows from the fact that it is impossible to count the number of seas in the world, as well as in the Pacific Ocean. After all, the sea is not a lake, it never has clear boundaries. Which part of the ocean is considered a sea and which is not - this is a decision, where often subjective, and even political and economic factors play an important role.
The list of terrestrial seas is constantly changing, especially in the part where we are talking about tiny seas. Some of them, in fact, are large bays. From time to time, scientists and economists gather at special conferences to clarify the “marine” lists at them. The latest UNESCO recommendations suggest that seas should be considered 59 water regions planets. But again, these recommendations always find their opponents.
Large seas of the Pacific Ocean
To please all points of view, we first highlight the 6 most major seas Pacific Ocean. The area of each of them is more than 1 million km² or very close to it. The existence of these marine basins is indisputable, and no one doubts. So here are our champions:
Other Pacific seas, list
Having paid tribute to these giant seas, we will add the rest of the seas of the Pacific Ocean to the list. At the moment it looks like this (although we repeat - it may differ slightly in different sources):
- Amundsen.
- Yellow.
- Visayan Sea.
- East Chinese.
- Sea of Koro.
- Camotes.
- Sea of Mindanao.
- Moluccan.
- New Guinea.
- Savu.
- Samar.
- Seram.
- Sibuyan.
- Sulu.
- Sulawesi.
- Solomonovo.
- Okhotsk.
- Fiji.
- Flores.
- Halmahera.
- Javanese.
If we have singled out separately the largest seas of this ocean, we will pay tribute to the smallest ones. Although with them, as already mentioned, there are most controversial points. As a rule, these seas are bays, parts of larger seas (and sometimes just large "pockets" between large islands). The big problem is the definition of their boundaries.
It seems to be the smallest on our list, completely owned by Japan. Its area does not even reach 2 thousand km². Aki separates the east and west of the Sea of Japan. Despite its size, it is in the zone of this reservoir that powerful monsoons are born. South-East Asia. In addition, the Aki Sea is rich in fish, primarily mackerel.
The second from the bottom in our list in terms of area, only 40 thousand km² (although this is not so small compared to the previous sea). Paradise for divers quiet place where storms rarely blow. Located between the islands of Bali and Java. The climate here is subequatorial, humid.
The area is 740 thousand km². Despite its small size, the Banda has great depths. It is located within the Malay Archipelago, in a zone of active seismic activity. Here passes one of the faults earth's crust, so the average depth reaches 2,800 meters.
In its waters all year round warm, the seabed is beautiful, which also attracts scuba diving enthusiasts. Interestingly, nutmeg was grown on the tiny Banda Islands until the 19th century, keeping their location a secret. It was the only place on Earth where this nut grew.
A little more interesting
There is a lot to be said about the Pacific Ocean. Still, because its area is larger than the area of \u200b\u200bthe entire earth's land! The seas are the outskirts of this giant reservoir, but they also have their own characteristics and mysteries. We have already mentioned some, we will supplement what has been said with some more information:
- The Bering and Okhotsk seas are periodically covered with ice, although not continuous. Among the other seas of the Pacific Ocean, ice occurs only in the Sea of Japan.
- The Sea of Okhotsk has the highest sea tides in Russia.
- The Savu Sea is a "disputed area" of two oceans. Hydrologists have not decided: it is part of the Pacific Ocean or the Indian.
- The Yellow Sea is the shallowest in the ocean, its average depth is only about 60 meters. It cuts deep into the land, taking in a very large Huang He river. In spring, it overflows, carrying millions of cubic meters into the sea. dirty water mixed with sand. Given the shallow depths, this water is capable of tinting the entire sea area in a yellowish color for several months.
- The Java Sea is considered one of the youngest not only in the Pacific Ocean, but throughout the world. It was formed in the last quarter of the Ice Age, and until that time it remained land, along which, probably, the ancestors of people came to the lands of Australia from Asia.
- The Solomon Sea, which stretches east of New Guinea, is particularly restless. geological nature. Two small oceanic plates collide here, so there are many sharp elevation changes in the sea. There are two depressions, each more than 9 thousand meters deep, as well as a number of underwater volcanoes. It is also distinguished by the richness of nature and numerous coral reefs.
Similar enumeration interesting facts could go on for a long time. In the Pacific Ocean, you can find something special, your own, which distinguishes this sea basin from others. And this is the value, it is not for nothing that this ocean is often called the Great!
Characteristics of the seas of the Pacific Ocean. All the seas of the Pacific Ocean are marginal and are separated from the ocean by a chain of islands. All have significant depths, tk. they do not have a shelf zone. The seas are located in the zone of the Pacific Ring of Fire, in the area of the boundaries of the lithospheric plates, therefore tsunamis are frequent here, and along the coasts there are volcanoes, the coasts of the seas are mountainous. The nature of the Bering and Okhotsk Seas is harsh. The seas are freezing. Only Japanese does not freeze. The Sea of Okhotsk has the highest tides in Russia These seas provide more than 40% of all fish and seafood harvested in Russia.
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