Most of the earth's surface is covered with water contained in the world's five oceans and bodies of water. The seas are the most common type of reservoir: they have salt water and they necessarily join the oceans. In our TOP - 10 largest seas of the Earth.
Andaman sea
- Area: 797,700 sq. km
- Average depth: 870 m
- Ocean: Indian.
Salinity in the upper third of the Andaman Sea varies throughout the year. In winter, when there is little rain or runoff, it is much saltier than during the summer rainy season.
East China Sea
- Area: 1,249,200 sq. km
- Average depth: 188 m
- Ocean: Quiet.
The East China Sea is dominated by monsoon weather with humid rainy summers, typhoons - and colder and drier winters.
Hudson bay
- Area: 1 322 300 sq. km
- Average depth: 128 m
- Ocean: Arctic.
The Hudson Bay Inland Sea in Canada was named after Henry Hudson, who sought the Northwest Passage to Asia in 1610. It is the second largest bay in the world after Bengal.
Sea of Okhotsk
- Area: 1,589,700 sq. km
- Average depth: 838 m
- Ocean: Quiet.
The Sea of Okhotsk is almost completely bordered by Russia, with the exception of a small part in the north of Japan. It is the coldest sea in East Asia.
Gulf of Mexico
- Area: 1,592,800 sq. km
- Average depth: 1486 m
- Ocean: Atlantic.
Mexico is the world's largest gulf with a coastline of 3,100 miles (5,000 km). The Gulf Stream originates from here.
Bering Sea
- Area: 2,000,000 sq. km
- Average depth: 1547 m
- Ocean: Quiet.
The depth of the Bering Strait is on average 30 to 50 m, but the deepest point in the Bering Sea sinks to 4097 m in the Bowers Basin.
South China Sea
- Area: 2,319,000 sq. km
- Average depth: 1652 m
- Ocean: Quiet.
Sediments in the South China Sea contain volcanic ash in both deep and shallow waters from various volcanic eruptions, including the Krakatoa, which erupted in 1883.
Caribbean sea
- Area: 2 718 200 sq. km
- Average depth: 2647 m
- Ocean: Atlantic
The Caribbean has an average of 8 hurricanes per year, most of which occur in September; the season runs from June to November.
Mediterranean Sea
- Area: 2,965,800 sq. km
- Average depth: (1429 m)
- Ocean: Atlantic.
The loss of water occurs due to evaporation, the sea is replenished by the rivers flowing into it + has a stable inflow from the Atlantic Ocean
