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2 de may. de 2024 · Erie Canal, historic waterway of the United States, connecting the Great Lakes with New York City via the Hudson River at Albany. The canal, 363 miles (584 km) long, was the first canal in the United States to connect western waterways with the Atlantic Ocean. Learn more about the canal, including its construction.
Hace 1 día · Pacific Ocean, body of salt water extending from the 60° S parallel in the south to the Arctic in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North America and South America on the east.. Of the three major oceans, the Pacific is by far the largest, occupying about one-third of the surface of the globe. Its area, excluding the South China Sea, encompasses ...
Hace 5 días · Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. The ocean’s name, derived from Greek mythology, means the “Sea of Atlas.”It is second in size to the Pacific Ocean.. The Atlantic is, generally speaking, S-shaped and narrow in relation ...
Hace 4 días · Panama Canal, lock -type canal, owned and administered by the Republic of Panama, that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the narrow Isthmus of Panama. The length of the Panama Canal from shoreline to shoreline is about 40 miles (65 km) and from deep water in the Atlantic (more specifically, the Caribbean Sea) to deep water in the ...
Hace 1 día · The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.. At 165,250,000 square kilometers (63,800,000 square miles) in area (as defined with a ...
12 de may. de 2024 · Nahla: Arabic for “drink of water”. Oceania: Girls' names inspired by the ocean don't get more spot-on than this. Pavati: Hopi for "clear water". Sedna: Inuit goddess of the sea. Slender: After a tuna species. Ula: Sea jewel. Umiko: Japanese for "child of the sea". Varuna: The Hindu god of water and oceans.
Hace 6 días · Elevation. highest point: sea level lowest point: Java Trench -7,192 m unnamed deep mean depth:-3,741 m ocean zones: Composed of water and in a fluid state, the oceans are delimited differently than the solid continents. Oceans are divided into three zones based on depth and light level. Although some sea creatures depend on light to live, others can do without it.
