Oceans and Water Bodies

Headland is surrounded by water on three sides.

Mesopelagic is the uppermost region and its lowermost boundary is at a thermocline of 12 °C.

The hadean is the first geologic eon of earth, lies before the archean eon and oceans are believed to have formed during this eon.

Sargasso Sea has no coastline and lies within a circular current, the North Atlantic Gyre.

In calm conditions, ice crystals on the surface of a sea freeze into a thin flat sheet known as nilas.

The part between the lowest spring tides and the upper limit reached by splashing waves is known as shore.

A rip current can occur when water piles up near the shore from advancing waves and is funnelled out to sea through a channel in the seabed.

Stipitate kelps generally extend a few meters above the sea floor and can grow in dense aggregations.

The Baltic Sea flows out through the Danish straits.

Thalassotherapy is the treatment that exploits bathing in Dead Sea water.

Ras Tanura of Saudi Arabia lies in Persian gulf.

Sargasso Sea is bound on the east by the Canary Current.

Sicily is situated in central Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Sea of Marmara by the Dardanelles in the east.

Seawater has a freezing point of about − 1.8°C (28.8°F).