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Oceans
An ocean is a major body of Seawater (salt water). The Earth's oceans cover approximately 71% of the Earth's surface, 361,000,000 square kilometers (139,000,000 sq mi), and can be as deep as of 10,923 meters (6.787 mi).
Earth's Oceans (World Ocean):
* Pacific Ocean
* Atlantic Ocean
* Indian Ocean
* Arctic Ocean
* Southern Ocean
Bodies of water and their sizes
| Rank |
Body of water |
Square miles (square kilometres) |
| 1 |
Pacific Ocean |
64,196,000 sq mi (166,266,877 km) |
| 2 |
Atlantic Ocean |
33,400,000 sq mi (86,505,603 km) |
| 3 |
Indian Ocean |
28,400,000 sq mi (73,555,662 km) |
| 4 |
Arctic Ocean |
5,100,000 sq mi (13,208,939 km) |
| 5 |
Arabian Sea |
1,491,000 sq mi (3,861,672 km) |
| 6 |
South China Sea |
1,148,000 sq mi (2,973,306 km) |
| 7 |
Caribbean Sea |
971,000 sq mi (2,514,878 km) |
| 8 |
Mediterranean Sea |
969,000 sq mi (2,509,698 km) |
| 9 |
Bering Sea |
873,000 sq mi (2,261,060 km) |
| 10 |
Bay of Bengal |
838,612 sq mi (2,171,995 km) |
| 11 |
Gulf of Mexico |
582,000 sq mi (1,507,373 km) |
| 12 |
Sea of Okhotsk |
537,000 sq mi (1,390,824 km) |
| 13 |
Sea of Japan |
391,000 sq mi (1,012,685 km) |
| 14 |
Hudson Bay |
282,000 sq mi (730,377 km) |
| 15 |
East China Sea |
257,000 sq mi (665,627 km) |
| 16 |
Andaman Sea |
218,100 sq mi (564,876 km) |
| 17 |
Red Sea |
175,000 sq mi (453,248 km) |
| 18 |
Black Sea |
168,500 sq mi (436,413 km) |
| 19 |
North Sea |
165,000 sq mi (427,348 km) |
| 20 |
Baltic Sea |
147,000 sq mi (380,728 km) |
| 21 |
Yellow Sea |
113,500 sq mi (293,964 km) |
| 22 |
Persian Gulf |
88,800 sq mi (229,991 km) |
| 23 |
Gulf of California |
59,000 sq mi (152,809 km) |
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