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... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Saline Waters > Seawater > Oceans and Seas
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Saline Waters > Seawater > Oceans and Seas
Geographic Locations > Oceans and Seas
Physical Phenomena > Geological Phenomena > Oceans and Seas

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Oceans and Seas  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A great expanse of continuous bodies of salt water which together cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface. Seas may be partially or entirely enclosed by land, and are smaller than the five oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic).

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  • Seas and Oceans

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F91J4MM6-R

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