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Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. Its name, derived from Greek mythology, means the ‘Sea of Atlas.’
The Atlantic Ocean consists of four major, upper water masses with distinct temperature and salinity. The Atlantic subarctic upper water in the northernmost North Atlantic is the source for subarctic intermediate water and North Atlantic intermediate water.
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The Atlantic Ocean is the world’s second-largest Ocean after the Pacific Ocean. It covers approximately 29% of the total water surface and 20% of the Earth’s total area. The Atlantic is S-shaped and sandwiched between North and South America to the west and Africa and Europe to the east.
Area: 41,100,000 sq mi (106,460,000 sq km). Max. depth: 8,486 m (27,841 ft).
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The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two by the Equatorial Counter Current, with everything north called the North Atlantic Ocean, and everything south the South Atlantic Ocean.
Public domain maps of the Atlantic Ocean:. Black: 238 countries (~45MB): cc_black. tar|zip 73 regions (~62MB): reg_blk. tar|zip ½-size (~28MB): reg_blk2. tar|zip ½-size above or full-size.: ½-size above or full-size.
Map of the world oceans. about 7.5 times the size of the US. 111,866 km. tropical cyclones (hurricanes) develop off the coast of Africa near Cabo Verde and move westward into the Caribbean Sea; hurricanes can occur from May to December but are most frequent from August to November.
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