Oceans World

Posted on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 at 2:03 am

Oceans World
How many oceans are there in the world? 4 or 5? Why?

How many oceans are there in the world? 4 or 5? Why?
Easy to understand!!!!!!

1. Pacific Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Arctic Ocean
5. World Ocean
(In random order)

Oceans are divided into numerous regions depending on the physical and biological conditions of these areas.

The original concept of “ocean” goes back to notions of Mesopotamian and Indo-European mythology, imagining the world to be encircled by a great river. Okeanos, “Ωκεανός” in Greek, reflects the ancient Greek observation that a strong current flowed off Gibraltar and their subsequent assumption that it was a great river

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Ancient oceans

Continental drift has reconfigured the Earth’s oceans, joining and splitting ancient oceans to form the current oceans. Ancient oceans include:

Bridge River Ocean, the ocean between the ancient Insular Islands and North America.
Iapetus Ocean, the southern hemisphere ocean between Baltica and Avalonia.
Panthalassa, the vast world ocean that surrounded the Pangaea supercontinent.
Rheic Ocean
Slide Mountain Ocean, the ocean between the ancient Intermontane Islands and North America.
Tethys Ocean, the ocean between the ancient continents of Gondwana and Laurasia.
Khanty Ocean, the ocean between Baltica and Siberia.
Mirovia, the ocean that surrounded the Rodinia supercontinent.
Paleo-Tethys Ocean, the ocean between Gondwana and the Hunic terranes.
Proto-Tethys Ocean,
Pan-African Ocean, the ocean that surrounded the Pannotia supercontinent.
Superocean, the ocean that surrounds a global supercontinent.
Ural Ocean, the ocean between Siberia and Baltica.