Chaturvedi, Saiyam Sanjay

Interpretation centre for marine and coastal life - Vol.86(10), Oct - Mumbai Indian Institute of Architects 2021 - 19-26p.

Role of Oceans and Sea-life on the World Map
The ocean is a continuous body of salt water that covers
more than 70 percent of the earth's surface. It governs
the world's weather and contains a kaleidoscope of life.
Geographers divide the ocean into five major basins:
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern. There
are smaller ocean regions seas, gulfs, and bays such as
the Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and the Bay of
Bengal. Inland bodies of saltwater such as the Caspian
Sea and the Great Salt Lake are distinct from the world's
oceans. The ocean is widely connected to different
aspects of marine life and its ecosystems. Though oceans
are described separately, they actually form a single
unified body of salt water referred to as the world ocean
or global ocean. The oceanic division is based on various
factors like the continents, islands, etc. The five major
divisions are....


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