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ocean

Very large body of saline water

EntityQ9430

Also known as sea · oceans · oceanic

Subclass of: natural geographic object
, body of water
, marine water body
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1.Stated in Environment OntologyRetrieved 2023-01-08
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The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. The ocean is conventionally divided into large bodies of water, which are also referred to as oceans, and are themselves mostly divided into seas, gulfs and subsequent bodies of water. The ocean contains 97% of Earth's water and is the primary component of Earth's hydrosphere, acting as a huge reservoir of heat for Earth's energy budget, as well as for its carbon cycle and water cycle, forming the basis for climate and weather patterns worldwide. The ocean is essential to life on Earth, harbouring most of Earth's animals and protist life. It originated photosynthesis and therefore Earth's atmospheric oxygen, and still supplies half of it.

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Opposite of: continent
Different from: Samudera criterion used: Indonesian
Océan
Members / parts: sea water
sea
adjacent sea
Studied by: oceanology
oceanography
Properties for this type: coordinate location
Hashtag: ocean
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1.“Ocean Memes and Images - Imgur”imgur.com/t/ocean?source=featured_tag_moduleRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after oceans

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51 identifiers linking ocean across the web's reference databases

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