GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS: OCEANS, SEAS AND RIVERS OF THE WORLD
OCEANS OF THE WORLD
- Pacific 155,557,000 sq km
- Atlantic 76,762,000 sq km
- Indian
68,556,000 sq km
- Southern 20,327,000 sq km
- Arctic
14,056,000 sq km
Note: The Southern Ocean was approved in 2000 by the International Hydrographic Organization. It is now the fourth largest ocean.
OCEAN'S GREATEST DEPTHS
- Mariana Trench,
Pacific Ocean 35,827 ft
- Puerto Rico Trench,
Atlantic Ocean 30,246 ft
- Java Trench,
Indian Ocean 24,460 ft
- Arctic Basin,
Arctic Ocean 18,456 ft
DEEPEST OCEANS AND SEAS
- Pacific Ocean
35,827 ft (10,924 m)
- Atlantic Ocean
30,246 ft (9,219 m)
- Indian Ocean
24,460 ft (7,455 m)
- Caribbean Sea
22,788 ft (6,946 m)
- Arctic Ocean
18,456 ft (5,625 m)
- South China Sea
16,456 ft (5,016 m)
- Bering Sea
15,659 ft (4,773 m)
- Mediterranean Sea
15,197 ft (4,632 m)
- Gulf of Mexico
12,425 ft (3,787 m)
- Japan Sea
12,276 ft (3,742 m)
Note: Official depths for the Southern Ocean are still not available at this time.
MAJOR BODIES OF WATER
MAJOR SEAS
- Locator Map
- South China
2,974,600 sq km
- Caribbean
2,515,900 sq km
- Mediterranean
2,510,000 sq km
- Bering
2,261,100 sq km
- Gulf of Mexico
1,507,600 sq km
- Arabian Sea
1,498,320 sq km
- Sea of Okhotsk
1,392,100 sq km
- Sea of Japan (East Sea) 1,012,900 sq km
- Hudson Bay
730,100 sq km
- East China
664,600 sq km
- Andaman
564,900 sq km
- Black 507,900
sq km
- Red
453,000 sq km
