10 Amazing Ocean Facts
Fact 01. The longest mountain range in the world is under water, called the Mid-Oceanic Ridge. This mountain range runs more than 50,000 kilometers long through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and into the Indian and Pacific oceans. It comprises 23 percent of the Earth’s total surface. Fact 02. The largest ocean on Earth is the Pacific Ocean, it covers around 30% of the Earth’s surface. The name meaning of Pacific Ocean is ‘peaceful sea’. Fact 03. The Gulf of Alaska has two oceans that meet but do not mix. Creating a line between the two oceans that shows both color. It is due to a ocean of melting glaciers being composed of fresh water and other ocean has higher percentage of salt causing two oceans to have different densities and therefore making them more difficult to mix and developing foam only at their junction. Fact 04. The oceans cover 71% (and rising) of the Earth's surface and contain 97% of the Earth's water. Less than 1% is fresh water, and 2-3% is contained