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The most salty sea in the world

The Dead Sea is definitely salty (salinity is 300-350%). It cannot be called only a full-fledged sea entering the world ocean. It's still a lake. As for the salty sea itself, it is not surprising that it is red. Salt concentration here is 41%. per liter sea ​​water contains 41 grams of salt, in simple terms.

Most of the salt in the Red Sea is at depth, but the closer to the surface, the less salty the water. By the way, with water, as such, the Red Sea has problems. It is located in a region with a continental tropical climate. Therefore, the probability of precipitation here is extremely low during the year. Every year the sea loses about 2000 mm of water, and precipitation restores only 50-100 mm. But the water level does not fall. All because of the Gulf of Aden, connected to the sea by the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

The largest sea in the world

Surprisingly, the Mediterranean Sea is not at all the largest in the world. Such is the Sargasso Sea, which many have not even heard of. This is because it does not have a coastline, it is a boundless sea. In fact, the Sargasso Sea (named from algae such as Sargassum) is a large piece of still water in the Atlantic Ocean, which is limited on all sides by currents. The exact dimensions of the largest sea in the world are unknown to anyone, but it is assumed that it is 6-7 million square kilometers of water.

second most big sea on land is the Philippine Sea. Third place behind the Coral Sea.

The deepest sea in the world

By the way, the Philippine Sea is also the deepest. The maximum depth is 10,540 meters, more than 10 kilometers! This place is called the Challenger Deep. It is located in the famous Mariana Trench on the eastern border of the Philippine Sea.

The second deepest sea is Coral, which is located in Australia, and also washes New Guinea and New Caledonia. The depth is 9140 meters.

How many seas and oceans are on our vast planet? Huge set. I will tell you about one of the most beautiful seas The Pacific Ocean, which is considered to be the deepest on our planet.

Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, between the coasts of Australia and New Guinea, is the deepest sea in the world - Coral. According to the most accurate estimates, his most maximum depth is nine thousand one hundred and seventy-four meters with total area four thousand sixty-eight meters and an average volume of water eleven thousand four hundred and seventy meters.

I want to note that the second deepest sea in the world is also located in the Pacific Ocean. Its name is Banda, its depth is about seven thousand four hundred and forty meters.

Let's go back to the deepest sea on earth. The coral sea got its name from a large number of coral reefs and islands, which make navigation very difficult - you have to be constantly on the alert. In this sea there are such famous islands as the Willis Islands, Tregross, Chesterfield. As for the reefs, the most famous is the Big barrier reef which is also the largest reef in the world.

The islands located in the sea are not inhabited by anyone, however, for example, there is a meteorological station on the Willis Islands.

The bottom relief of the Coral Sea is strongly dissected. Its currents form a cyclonic circulation, and on western edge originates the world-famous East Australian Current.

average temperature waters in the south of the Coral Sea at the surface from 19 ° in August to 24 ° in February, and in the North itself the whole year is 27-28 ° С. The salinity of the sea is 34.5-35.5‰. Currents on the surface of the sea form a cycle.

Among the living creatures in the sea there are a lot of sharks, and the so-called flying fish.

Since the end of 1969, the territory of the sea has become part of Australia and belongs to Canberra.

The most important ports of the Coral Sea: Cairns (Australian coast), Port Moresby (on the island New Guinea), Noumea (on the island of New Caledonia).

The geographical coordinates of the sea are as follows:

Latitude: -16.934167

Longitude: 155.11

If you swim along the Great Barrier Reef described above, you can see flying fish fluttering everywhere. These fish reach a length of up to 50 cm, they can fly up to 200 meters (can you believe it?!) above the surface of the water. The beauty!

If you go scuba diving, you need to be extremely careful and remember about safety, since even such, at first glance, safe sea ​​urchins if desired, they can cause great harm to health or even touching them can lead to death. Some of them can be poisonous. The needles of these animals are equipped with special glands that produce poison.

Other abominations can also be dangerous - different kinds worms or jellyfish. The density of worms in water sometimes reaches several thousand per 1 cubic meter. When pricked with bristles of these worms, there is severe pain and fever.

The reef fish are very beautiful, they are painted in bright colors. Flocks swim near corals and feed on them.

Seas are amazing objects on our planet. Their expanses are little studied, but even the available data is enough to admire the depths, latitudes and the underwater world.

It is difficult to unequivocally say how many amazing treasures have been lost at the bottom of the seas, how many amazing discoveries have not yet been made by scientists, how many secrets are stored in the sources of the diverse underwater and plant world. However, we can build on the available data to rank the deepest seas, respectively, the most interesting and mysterious places on Earth.

The largest enclosed body of water on Earth, which can be classified as the largest closed lake, or as a full-fledged sea, due to its size, and also due to the fact that its bed is composed of oceanic-type earth's crust.

Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. The water in the Caspian is brackish - from 0.05 ‰ near the mouth of the Volga to 11-13 ‰ in the southeast. The water level is subject to fluctuations, according to 2009 data it was 27.16 m below sea level. The area of ​​the Caspian Sea is currently approximately 371,000 km², the maximum depth is 1025 m.

Black Sea - 2,210 meters

Inland Sea of ​​the Atlantic Ocean Basin. The Bosphorus connects with the Sea of ​​Marmara, then, through the Dardanelles, with the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. The Kerch Strait connects with Sea of ​​Azov. From the north it cuts deep into the sea Crimean peninsula. The surface of the Black Sea is the water border between Europe and Asia.

Bering Sea - 4,151 m

The sea in the north of the Pacific Ocean, separated from it by the Aleutian and Commander Islands; The Bering Strait connects it with the Chukchi Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The Bering Sea washes the shores of Russia and the United States.

Mediterranean Sea - 5,121 m

The intercontinental sea, which by origin is a deep-water pseudo-abyssal intrashelf depression, connected in the west with the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar.

Sea in the west of the Pacific Ocean, between the islands of the Malay Archipelago. Area - 714 thousand km², length from north to south 500 km, from east to west - 1000 km; depth - up to 7440 m; Coral reefs; port of Ambon. Bounded by the islands of Buru and Seram in the north, Timor in the southwest, Tanimbar and Aru in the east, includes the Banda archipelago.

A unique spring of a rich underwater world is located off the coast of Indonesia. Another sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean. We are talking about a volcanic zone, as well as an island of volcanic origin. Speaking about the underwater world, the following inhabitants should be distinguished:

1. rare dolphins;
2. jellyfish;
3. various nautiluses;
4. sea ​​octopuses;
5. squids;
6. large stingrays and amazing sea snakes.

Naturally, the most unique species live at the bottom.

Caribbean Sea - 7,686 m

Marginal semi-enclosed sea of ​​the Atlantic Ocean basin, from the west and south bounded by the Central and South America, from the north and east - the Greater and Lesser Antilles. In the northwest, through the Yucatan Strait, it is connected to the Gulf of Mexico, in the southwest - with Pacific Ocean through the artificial Panama Canal.

The maximum depth recorded to date is 7,686 meters. At the same time, on the territory caribbean there are many frigates and galleons. Therefore, such invariances great amount, however, as well as rises. This place is a favorite among pirates and adventurers. A huge number of people annually try to discover the treasures that an amazing reservoir undoubtedly keeps in its depths.

Coral Sea - 9 140 m

The Pacific Ocean, which lies between the coasts of Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia. Surface area - 4,791 thousand km². The maximum depth is 9,140 meters. It has numerous coral reefs and islands such as Willis, Tregross, Bampton, Chesterfield.

Philippine Sea - 10,265 m

Oceanic interisland sea of ​​the Pacific Ocean, located near the Philippine archipelago. The second largest sea on Earth. It has no clear land boundaries and is separated from the ocean by groups of islands: Japan, Taiwan and the Philippine Islands in the west, underwater ridges and the islands of Izu, Ogasawara, Kazan and Marianas in the east, Yap and Palau in the southeast.

It covers an area of ​​5,726 thousand km 2 and covers one of the deepest places on Earth - the Philippine Trench, whose depth reaches 10,265 m. The average depth is 4,108 m.

It is also located in the Pacific Ocean, from which we can draw a reasonable conclusion - in the Pacific Ocean there are the deepest marine reservoirs.

Mariana Trench– 10 994 m

An oceanic deep-sea trench in the western Pacific Ocean, the deepest known on Earth. It is named after the nearby Mariana Islands. The deepest point of the Mariana Trench is the Challenger Deep.

We can say that the deepest place is the Mariana Trench, of all recorded today.

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The sea for me is a piece of paradise. I love to sit on a deserted sandy beach and listen to the sound of the surf. I visited the Black and Mediterranean seas. And I want to say that each of them has its own character. Black is stormy and irrepressible. Mediterranean - warm and calm. I can only judge it by the coastline, but I think I'm not mistaken. Perhaps somewhere down there, Poseidon really swims and grins at man's attempts to master water depth. And if he lives somewhere, then only in the Philippine Sea.

Which sea is the deepest

Philippine Sea located at Philippine archipelago in Pacific Ocean. It's surrounded many islands, most of which is Japanese territory. This is where the most deep sea trench - Philippine. Her depth is 10265 m. BUT depth most seas averages 4 km, while, for example, the Sea of ​​Azov has only 14 m.
Only Mariana Trenchdeeper beyond the Philippine Trench, but it is located overseas and refers to oceanic territory. He is still not studied to end. Only three persons managed in history hit the bottom depressions and take samples of live microorganisms and rocks. And one of them was a famous film director - James Cameron.

At the bottom Philippine Sea are also volcanoes height up to 3000 m. Undersea world the sea, so far not studied to end, because of the great depth. Here live:

• sea ​​turtles;
  
• dolphins;
  
• swordfish;
  
• tiger and gray sharks.
• whales.

The sea is located in four climatic zones . There are many resorts and recreation areas. And also the sea gives work Rfishermen and whalers.

coral sea

Second deepest is coral sea. Its maximum depth is 9140 m. It is located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia. There are a huge number here coral reefs, among which the largest in the world is the Great Barrier Reef. Among the inhabitants of this sea you can see:

• sea ​​stars and hedgehogs;
  
• turtles;
  
• flying fish;
  
• many types of crabs, crustaceans and shrimps;
  
• tiger and hammerhead sharks.

See undersea world is the dream of many. But will the sea allow everyone to enter its waters?