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The water transport in the Gulf Stream gradually increases from 30 Sv in the Florida Current to a maximum of 150 Sv south of Newfoundland at 55° W longitude. [4] The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, at approximately 125 Sv, is the largest ocean current. [5] The entire global input of fresh water from rivers to the ocean is approximately 1.2 Sv. [6]
This article lists lakes with a water volume of more than 100 km 3, ranked by volume.The volume of a lake is a difficult quantity to measure. [1] Generally, the volume must be inferred from bathymetric data by integration.
Earth's 1,335,000,000 cubic kilometers (320,000,000 cu mi) of sea contain about 97.2 percent of its known water [12] [c] and covers approximately 71 percent of its surface. [ 3 ] : 7 [ 17 ] Another 2.15% of Earth's water is frozen, found in the sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean , the ice cap covering Antarctica and its adjacent seas , and ...
Mackenzie River – over 250 km 3 /year; Yukon River – over 150 km 3 /year; Siberia. Yenisey – over 5% of world's fresh water in basin – second largest after the Amazon; Ob River – over 500 km 3 /year; Lena River – over 450 km 3 /year; New Guinea. Fly and Sepik Rivers – total over 300 km 3 /year in only about 150,000 km 2 of basin area.
By 1960, between 20 and 60 km 3 (4.8 and 14.4 cu mi) of water each year was going to the land instead of the Aral Sea and the sea began to recede. From 1961 to 1970, the Aral's level fell an average of 20 cm (7.9 in) per year.
The entire ocean, containing 97% of Earth's water, spans 70.8% of Earth's surface, [8] making it Earth's global ocean or world ocean. [ 23 ] [ 25 ] This makes Earth, along with its vibrant hydrosphere a "water world" [ 43 ] [ 44 ] or " ocean world ", [ 45 ] [ 46 ] particularly in Earth's early history when the ocean is thought to have possibly ...
The largest male white shark ever tagged by the research group OCEARCH was spotted in Florida waters. The shark, named Contender, was first tagged and released by OCEARCH on Jan. 17.
On average, the Atlantic is the saltiest major ocean; surface water salinity in the open ocean ranges from 33 to 37 parts per thousand (3.3–3.7%) by mass and varies with latitude and season. Evaporation, precipitation, river inflow and sea ice melting influence surface salinity values.