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IMPORTANT SEAS IN THE WORLD

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IMPORTANT SEAS IN THE WORLD:

A sea is a large body of salt water.
This is connected to Ocean.
SOUTH CHINA SEA:
This is a part of Pacific Ocean.

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This is the largest sea in the World.

This is a marginal sea of Pacific Ocean.

CARIBBEAN SEA:
This is a sea of Atlantic Ocean.

Cayman Trough is the deepest point in Caribbean Sea.

This sea is bounded by Mexico and Central America towards West.
It is bounded by Great Antilles towards North.
Great Antilles: This is an island comprising Cuba, Jamaica,
Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominion Republic) and Puerto
Rico.
Lesser Antilles: Bahamas, Cayman Island, the Turks and
Caicos islands.

Towards East it is bounded by Lesser Antilles.

Panama Canal connects Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA:
This is connected to Atlantic Ocean.

This sea separates Africa and Europe.

This Sea is connected to Atlantic Ocean by Strait of Gibraltar.
Towards South East the Mediterranean Sea is connected to Red Sea by Suez Canal.
The Mediterranean Sea is connected to Sea of Marmara by the Dardanelles in the
North. The Sea of Marmara is considered as part of the Mediterranean Sea).
The Mediterranean Sea is connected to Black Sea through Bosporus in the North.
(Bosporus is also known as Istanbul Strait.
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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SICILY ISLAND

GULF OF MEXICO:
This is a part of Atlantic Ocean.

This is a partially landlocked Sea.

The Gulf of Mexico is connected to Atlantic Ocean through Strait of Florida.
The Gulf of Mexico is connected to the Caribbean Sea through Yucatan Channel.
Sings bee deep is the deepest point in Gulf of Mexico.

HUDSON BAY:
This is located in Canada.
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BAFFIN BAY:
This is a part of North Atlantic Ocean.
This is present between Baffin Island and the Greenland.
This is connected to Atlantic Ocean through Davis Strait and Labrador Sea.
Nares Strait connects Baffin Bay with Arctic Ocean.

ARAL SEA:
This is located in Kazakhstan.

This is spread through Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.

WHITE SEA:
It is located in Russia.

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It is the southern inlet of Barents Sea.

YELLOW SEA:
This is a part of Pacific Ocean.

This is the North part of East China Sea.

The water is in golden yellow color because of the dust particles from Gobi Desert.
BARENTS SEA:
This is a marginal sea of Arctic Ocean.

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This is located to the North of Norway and Russia.

This is also called Murman Sea.
KARA SEA:
This is a part of Arctic Ocean.
BALTIC SEA:
This is located in Northern Europe.
The Baltic Sea is connected to White Sea through man made water ways.

BLACK SEA:
This is an inland Sea.
This is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and Caucasus.
The Black Sea is connected to Atlantic Ocean through Mediterranean Sea and
Aegean Sea.

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neeraj

4 months ago

sir,what is the difference b/w strait and canal?

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