Introduction to Oceanography
About This Book
1 1.1 Overview of the Oceans Let’s begin by looking at a few basic facts about the oceans. We often think of Earth in terms of its land area, but in reality 71% of the Earth’s surface is covered by oceans, while only 29% is land. Oceans cover an area of 139 million miles2 or 361 million km2, and contain a volume of about 1.37 billion km3 of water. All of this water is not distributed equally over the Earth; 61% of the Northern Hemisphere is covered by oceans, while in the Southern Hemisphere the
| Category | general |
|---|---|
| Subject | Oceanography (seas and oceans) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Authors | |
| Chapters | 20 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 1 1.1 Overview of the Oceans
- 2 1.2 Continental Margins
- 3 1.3 Marine Provinces
- 4 1.4 Mapping the Seafloor
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- 17 2.11 Hydrothermal Vents
- 61 9.2 Phylum Porifera
- 62 9.3 Phylum Cnidaria
- 64 9.5 Phylum Arthropoda
- 65 9.6 Phylum Mollusca
- 71 10.5 Marine Mammals: Whales
- 75 11.3 Arctic Ecosystems
- 76 11.4 Deep Sea
- 78 11.6 Mangrove Ecosystems
- 79 11.7 Rocky Intertidal Zones
- 81 11.9 Antarctic Ecosystems
- 83 12.2 Sand and Gravel Resources
- 85 12.4 Biological Resources
- 89 12.8 Solid Waste and Sewage