GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world ocean basins. Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world’s ocean basins. All of the world’s continents could fit into the Pacific basin.

Detailed explanation-2: -Here is our first view of the Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest ocean, encompassing around one-third of the Earth’s surface, approximately 64 million square miles-it is significantly larger than Earth’s entire landmass, and in the 1800s much of it was uncharted.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Ocean basin is the world’s third-largest ocean with an area of about 70, 560, 000 square km (27, 243, 000 square mi). It covers almost 20% of the Earth’s surface.

Detailed explanation-4: -Covering approximately 20 percent of the Earth’s surface, the Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean basin in the world, following only the Pacific. However, it is only slightly larger than half the size of the Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Southern Ocean is the world’s fourth-largest body of water. It encircles Antarctica and is actually divided among the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.