CSIR NET JRF: Oceanography Basins
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Reliefs of Ocean Basin
Pacific Ocean
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It is one third of the globe: has a triangular shape:
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Average depth is 4572 m
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It has highest number of islands (more than 2,000), grouped in three categories:
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Continental Islands: Aleutian islands, Chilean islands, British Columbia (islands of Canada);
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Island Arcs and Festoons: Kurile islands, Japanese Archi
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Scattered and Smaller Islands: Hawaiian islands, Fiji islands, Micronesian islands (Marshal island),
Continental Canyon
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It is lesser deeper.
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It's course is dendritic.
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It is less steeper.
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The width is lesser.
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Important seas in the Pacific ocean are Bearing sea, Okhotsk sea, Japan sea, Coral sea, Yellow sea, Java sea, China sea, Tasman sea, Arafura sea.