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Explaining Ocean Temperature Variation in Depth using 3 Simple Concepts (Including Thermocline)
Reliefs of Ocean Basin
Pacific Ocean
- It is one third of the globe: has a triangular shape:
- Average depth is 4572 m
- It has highest number of islands (more than 2,000) , grouped in three categories:
- Continental Islands: Aleutian islands, Chilean islands, British Columbia (islands of Canada) ;
- Island Arcs and Festoons: Kurile islands, Japanese Archi
- Scattered and Smaller Islands: Hawaiian islands, Fiji islands, Micronesian islands (Marshal island) ,
Continental Canyon
- It is lesser deeper.
- itΥs course is dendritic.
- It is less steeper.
- The width is lesser.
- 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.
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