Most of the planet Earth is covered by water. Did you know that beneath the Atlantic Ocean there are mountain ranges greater than anything on the continents?
Early explorers drove flags into the ground to claim territories. But no one bothered to float a flag in the oceans. For the most part, we peaceably shared the oceans until we realized what valuable goods could be found in their dark and murky depths. See more »
Caspian Sea, a saltwater lake between Europe and Asia. It is shared by Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan.
See more »China Sea, the name given to part of the North Pacific Ocean, off the east coast of Asia.
See more »Dead Sea, an inland body of water southeast of Jerusalem on the border of Jordan and Israel.
See more »Falkland Current, a cold current of the South Atlantic Ocean. It originates near Antarctica and flows northward, past the Falkland Islands, parallel to the coast of Argentina.
See more »Gulf Stream, a warm water current in the North Atlantic Ocean. It begins in the Gulf of Mexico as a continuation of the North Equatorial Current.
See more »Indian Ocean, an ocean lying south of Asia, west of Australia, north of Antarctica, and east of Africa.
See more »Ionian Sea, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bounded on the north by the Strait of Otranto, which connects it with the Adriatic Sea; on the east by Greece; and on the west by Sicily, the Italian mainland, and the Strait of Messina, which connects it with the Tyrrhenian Sea.
See more »Irish Sea, a body of water that lies between the island of Great Britain on the east and the island of Ireland on the west.
See more »Java Sea, a part of the Pacific Ocean. To the north is Borneo; to the east, Celebes; to the south, Java; and to the west, Sumatra.
See more »Kara Sea, a shallow arm of the Arctic Ocean adjoining Russia. It lies between the island groups of Novaya Zemlya and Severnaya Zemlya and measures about 250 by 800 miles (400 by 1,300 km).
See more »Ligurian Sea, a part of the Mediterranean Sea, between the northwestern Italian mainland and the island of Corsica.
See more »Mediterranean Sea, the sea between Europe, Africa, and southwestern Asia. For centuries it was the center of Western civilization.
See more »North Sea, a body of water between Great Britain and continental Europe. It merges on the north with the Norwegian Sea (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean) and is bounded on the east by Norway and Denmark; on the south by Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the northern tip of France; and on the west by Great Britain.
See more »Peru Current, an ocean current in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is also known as the Humboldt Current, after Alexander von Humboldt, who discovered it in 1802.
See more »Red Sea, an arm of the Indian Ocean and a major shipping route. It lies between the Arabian Peninsula and Africa, in one of the hottest, driest regions on earth.
See more »Azov, Sea of, a body of water bordering Ukraine and Russia. It is a northern arm of the Black Sea, and is connected with it by the Strait of Kerch.
See more »Galilee, Sea of, a freshwater lake in northeastern Israel, at the Syrian border. It is called Lake Kinneret by the Israelis, and is also known as Sea or Lake of Tiberias.
See more »Japan, Sea of, or East Sea, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. It lies between the islands of Japan and the Asiatic mainland (Korea and eastern Siberia).
See more »Marmara, Sea of, a sea that lies between the European and Asiatic parts of Turkey.
See more »Okhotsk, Sea of, an arm of the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Siberia. It is almost entirely surrounded by Russian territory, including Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands.
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