THE EARTHS OCEANS
Added on: 29th Feb 2016
IF MOUNT EVEREST WAS SUBMERGED IN THE
DEEPEST PARTS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN ITS
SUMMIT WOULD BE NEARLY 2 KM BELOW
THE SURFACE!
THE PRESSURE AT THE DEEPEST POINT IN THE OCEANS
AVERAGES ABOUT 11,318 TONS PER SQUARE METRE.
IMAGINE LYING ON YOUR BACK WITH 50 JUMBO JETS
ON YOUR CHEST. NOW YOU CAN SEE WHY EXPLORING
THE OCEAN FLOOR IS SO DIFFICULT.
ONE THIRD OF THE EARTH IS COVERED BY
THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
THE PACIFIC OCEAN CONTAINS ROUGHLY 25,000 ISLANDS.
THIS IS MORE THAN THE NUMBER OF ISLANDS IN THE
REST OF THE OCEANS PUT TOGETHER.
MOST OF THESE ISLANDS ARE FOUND SOUTH OF
THE EQUATOR.
EARTH'S LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE IS THE MID-OCEAN
RIDGE WHICH CUTS ACROSS MOST OF THE GLOBE VIA
THE ARCTIC, ATLANTIC, AND PACIFIC OCEANS. IT IS
LONGER THAN THE ANDES, HIMALAYAS, AND ROCKIES
PUT TOGETHER. ONE OF THE FEW PLACES THAT IT RISES
UP ABOVE THE SURFACE IS THE ISLAND OF ICELAND
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
90% OF TRADE BETWEEN COUNTRIES IS CARRIED BY
SHIPS AND ABOUT 50% OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
COUNTRIES INVOLVES UNDERWATER CABLES.
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