A sea generally refers to a large body of salt water, but the term is used in other contexts as well. Most commonly, it means a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, and is commonly used as a synonym for ocean.[1] It is also used sometimes to describe a large saline lake that lacks a natural outlet, such as the Caspian Sea.
Arctic (belonging to the Arctic Ocean) and Antarctic (Southern Ocean) seas, as well as some other seas freeze in winter. This occurs below the freezing point of pure water, at about -1.8 °C (28.8 °F). Frozen salt water becomes sea ice.[2]
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Humans navigated seas from antiquity. Ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians navigated the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Hannu was the first see explorer of whom there is any information. He sailed along the Red Sea and further to the Arabian Peninsula and the African Coast around 2750 BC.[3] In the 1st millennium BC, Phoenicians and Greeks established colonies all over the Mediterranean, including its outlets like the Black Sea. The seas along the eastern and the southern Asian coast were used by Arabs and Chinese for navigation, and the North Sea and the Baltic Sea were known to Europeans in Roman times. Other seas were not used for navigation in the antiquity and were actually discovered.
The White Sea was known to Novgorodians and used for navigation since not later that the 13th century.[4] Pomors, living at the White Sea coast, also sailed to Svalbard, but the Barents Sea got its name later, due to the 16th century Dutch expedition headed by Willem Barentsz. Other seas in Arctic Russia were explored in connection with the search of the Northern Sea Route. In the first half of the 17th century the Kara Sea was already used on a regular basis for navigation between the city of Arkhangelsk and the mouth of the Ob River and upstream to the city of Mangazeya (Mangazeya Trade Route) and to the mouth of the Yenisei River (Yenisey Trade Route).[5] In 1648, Semyon Dezhnev led an expedition down the Kolyma River, around the cape now known as Cape Dezhnev, and to the mouth of the Anadyr River.[6] By the end of the 17th century, the seas along what is now Arctic and Pacific coasts of Russia were already discovered, although the systematic description and reliable mapping of the coast line only started in the 18th century, and the geographical locations of all islands were only established in the first half of the 20th century, when aviation was employed.
List of seas [link]
[edit] Atlantic Ocean
[edit] Mediterranean Sea
[edit] Baltic Sea
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[edit] Arctic Ocean
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[edit] Southern Ocean
[edit] Indian Ocean
[edit] Pacific Ocean
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[edit] Landlocked seas
Some large inland lakes, usually brackish, are called "seas".
List of seas by surface area [link]
| No. | Name of the Water Body | Surface area (sq.mi) | Surface area (sq.km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippine Sea | 2,000,000 | 5,177,762 |
| 2 | Coral Sea | 1,850,000 | 4,791,000 |
| 3 | Arabian Sea | 1,491,130 | 3,862,000 |
| 4 | South China Sea | 1,351,936 | 3,500,000 |
| 5 | Weddell Sea | 1,081,548 | 2,800,000 |
| 6 | Caribbean Sea | 1,063,000 | 2,754,000 |
| 7 | Mediterranean Sea | 965,000 | 2,500,000 |
| 8 | Tasman Sea | 900,000 | 2,330,000 |
| 9 | Bering Sea | 873,000 | 2,260,100 |
| 10 | Bay of Bengal | 838,970 | 2,172,000 |
| Rank | Body of water | Square miles (square kilometres) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pacific Ocean | 64,196,000 sq mi (166,270,000 km2) |
| 2 | Atlantic Ocean | 33,400,000 sq mi (87,000,000 km2) |
| 3 | Indian Ocean | 28,400,000 sq mi (74,000,000 km2) |
| 4 | Southern Ocean | 20,327,000 sq mi (52,650,000 km2) |
| 5 | Arctic Ocean | 5,100,000 sq mi (13,000,000 km2) |
| 6 | Arabian Sea | 1,491,000 sq mi (3,860,000 km2) |
| 7 | South China Sea | 1,148,000 sq mi (2,970,000 km2) |
| 8 | Caribbean Sea | 971,000 sq mi (2,510,000 km2) |
| 9 | Mediterranean Sea | 969,000 sq mi (2,510,000 km2) |
| 10 | Bering Sea | 873,000 sq mi (2,260,000 km2) |
| 11 | Bay of Bengal | 838,612 sq mi (2,172,000 km2) |
| 12 | Gulf of Mexico | 582,000 sq mi (1,510,000 km2) |
| 13 | Sea of Okhotsk | 537,000 sq mi (1,390,000 km2) |
| 14 | Sea of Japan | 391,000 sq mi (1,010,000 km2) |
| 15 | Hudson Bay | 282,000 sq mi (730,000 km2) |
| 16 | East China Sea | 257,000 sq mi (670,000 km2) |
| 17 | Andaman Sea | 218,100 sq mi (565,000 km2) |
| 18 | Red Sea | 175,000 sq mi (450,000 km2) |
| 19 | Black Sea | 168,500 sq mi (436,000 km2) |
| 20 | North Sea | 165,000 sq mi (430,000 km2) |
| 21 | Baltic Sea | 147,000 sq mi (380,000 km2) |
| 22 | Yellow Sea | 113,500 sq mi (294,000 km2) |
| 23 | Persian Gulf | 88,800 sq mi (230,000 km2) |
| 24 | Adriatic Sea | 60,000 sq mi (160,000 km2) |
| 25 | Gulf of California | 59,000 sq mi (150,000 km2) |
Bodies of water which are missing from this table, and their approximate areas, include:
- Philippine Sea (2,000,000 sq mi)
- Coral Sea (1,849,800 sq mi)
- Sargasso Sea (roughly 1,400,000 sq mi)
- Weddell Sea (1,080,000 sq mi)
- Tasman Sea (900,000 sq mi)
- Gulf of Alaska (592,000 sq mi)
- Barents Sea (542,000 sq mi)
- Greenland Sea (465,000 sq mi)
- Mozambique Channel (roughly 425,000 sq mi)
- Argentine Sea (386,000 sq mi)
- Ross Sea (370,000 sq mi)
- East Siberian Sea (361,000 sq mi)
- Scotia Sea (350,000 sq mi)
- Kara Sea (340,000 sq mi)
- Solomon Sea (280,000 sq mi)
- Laptev Sea (276,000 sq mi)
- Baffin Bay (266,000 sq mi)
- Arafura Sea (250,000 sq mi)
- Timor Sea (235,000 sq mi)
- Chukchi Sea (225,000 sq mi)
- Norwegian Sea (222,000 sq mi)
- Gulf of Aden (205,000 sq mi)
- Beaufort Sea (184,000 sq mi)
- Banda Sea (180,000 sq mi)
- Gulf of Thailand (roughly 146,000 sq mi)
- Caspian Sea (142,800 sq mi)
- Java Sea (124,000 sq mi)
- Gulf of Carpentaria (120,000 sq mi)
- Celebes Sea (110,000 sq mi)
- Sulu Sea (100,000 sq mi)
- Flores Sea (93,000 sq mi)
- Bay of Biscay (86,000 sq mi)
- Aegean Sea (83,000 sq mi)
- Molucca Sea (77,000 sq mi)
- Gulf of Saint Lawrence (60,000 sq mi)
- This list is incomplete.
Nomenclature [link]
- The Sea of Galilee is a small freshwater lake with a natural outlet, which is called Lake Tiberias or Lake Kinneret on modern Israeli maps, but its original name remains in use.
- The Sea of Cortés is more commonly known as the Gulf of California.
- The Dead Sea is actually a lake, as is the Caspian Sea and the mainly dried up Aral Sea.
See also [link]
- Oceanography
- European Atlas of the Seas
- Inlet
- International Maritime Organization
- List of places on land with elevations below sea level
- Pole of inaccessibility: the locations farthest from any coastline
- Marine debris
- Sea level
- Sea level rise
- Sea salt
- Seven Seas
- Borders of the oceans
References [link]
- ^ "Sea - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary". Merriam-webster.com. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ "Sea ice (ice formation)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. 2012 [last update]. https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/939404/sea-ice. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "The Ancient World - Egypt". marinersmuseum.org. Mariners' Museum. 2012 [last update]. https://www.marinersmuseum.org/education/ancient-world-egypt. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Зацепились за Моржовец" (in Russian). Русское географическое общество. 2012 [last update]. https://www.rgo.ru/2010/08/zacepilis-za-morzhovec/. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ Урванцев, Н. Н. (1969). "История открытия и освоения медно-никелевых руд Сибирского Севера" (in Russian). Moscow: Недра. https://library.ikz.ru/hronologiya-osvoeniya-sibiri/Mangazeya. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ Howgego, Ray (2001 [last update]). "Discoverers Web: Dezhnev". win.tue.nl. https://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/dezhnev.html. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ a b c often treated as part of Mediterranean Sea
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The Sea (band)
The Sea are a rock pop band formed in Cornwall, England in 2007. The band comprises brothers Peter Vine-Chisholm (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Alex Chisholm (Drums, percussion and backing vocals). They are signed to Lusty Records in the UK and Popup Records in Europe.
History
Love Love Love and Get It Back
By April 2008, the duo won the XFM unsigned competition to play at Brixton Academy to 5000 people and went on to support The Enemy at London’s Brixton Academy. By October that year they completed their first extensive tour of the UK AND were invited to play the CMJ Music Marathon in New York.
The Sea’s debut single Love Love Love on their own label Lusty Records sold out within two months of release in January 2009, receiving critical acclaim in the UK music press from NME,Kerrang!,The Fly and was one of Pete Cashmore's singles of the week in The Guardian.
In April 2009 their debut album Get It Back was released in UK on Lusty Records and on Pop Up Records in Europe.
Sea (astronomy)
The Sea or the Water is an area of the sky in which many water-related, and few land-related, constellations occur. This may be because the Sun passed through this part of the sky during the rainy season.
Most of these constellations are named by Ptolemy:
Sometimes included are the ship Argo and Crater the Water Cup.
Some water-themed constellations are newer, so are not in this region. They include Hydrus, the lesser water snake; Volans, the flying fish; and Dorado, the swordfish.
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SEA
SEA or Sea may refer to:
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Seah (unit)
The se'ah or seah (Hebrew: סאה) is a unit of dry measure of ancient origin used in Halakha (Jewish law), which equals one third of an ephah, or bath. Its size in modern units varies widely according to the criteria used for defining it.
According to Herbert G. May, chief editor of two classic Bible-related reference books, the bath may be archaeologically determined to have been about 5.75 gallons (22 liters) from a study of jar remains marked 'bath' and 'royal bath' from Tell Beit Mirsim. Since the bath unit has been established to be 22 litres, 1 se'ah would equal 7.33 litres or 7.33dm3.
In the context of a mikveh, a se'ah can be about twice as much in order to accommodate even the most stringent rabbinical ruling on immersion. A mikveh must, according to the classical regulations, contain enough water to cover the entire body of an average-sized person; based on a mikveh with the dimensions of 3 cubits deep, 1 cubit wide, and 1 cubit long, the necessary volume of water was estimated as being 40 se'ah of water. The exact volume referred to by a seah is debated, and classical rabbinical literature specifies only that it is enough to fit 144 eggs; most Orthodox Jews use the stringent ruling of the Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, according to which one seah is 14.3 litres, and therefore a mikveh must contain approximately 575 litres . This volume of water could be topped up with water from any source, but if there were less than 40 seahs of water in the mikveh, then the addition of 3 or more pints of water from an unnatural source would render the mikveh unfit for use, regardless of whether water from a natural source was then added to make up 40 seahs from a natural source; a mikveh rendered unfit for use in this way would need to be completely drained away and refilled from scratch.
90.9 Sea FM
90.9 Sea FM (callsign 4SEA) is a radio station on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Southern Cross Austereo Today Network, and is also the network hub for the regional Today Stream, broadcasting shows at times from 9am - 12am across the Sea, Star and Hot FM Networks across Australia.
The Sea FM brand name and original logo was created by Gold Coast Broadcasters Pty Ltd for just the one station - 90.9 Sea FM - after the Gold Coast was granted a new commercial FM licence. 90.9 Sea FM began broadcasting in 1989 with programming consulted by Austereo. The original Sea FM on-air line-up was a strong team of experienced Announcers, many having made their name previously in Metropolitan radio including - Craig Bruce (FOX FM) & Sammy Power, Ian 'Lofty' Fulton (4IP), Grahame "Durry" Rodgers (2SM & 2NX), Sue Moses (2MMM & Channel 10), Gregg Easton (2UW & 4BK), Joe Miller (3XY & EON FM), Dean Miller and Simon Franks.
In November 2011, controversy erupted after rumours surfaced that popular long-term breakfast co-host, Moyra Major, was to be replaced by entertainer Charli Robinson, after Robinson had filled in for six weeks while Major was on maternity leave. It was reported that Major had been replaced due to a significant increase in ratings for the breakfast show during Robinson's stint as co-host.
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THE SEA
by: CustardGiving life and taking life
Right hand of mother nature.
Bright as the sun, dark as the night.
You will drown and none can help you.
A loving mother - a merciless killer
The sea shows you the last contrast.
Find your dreams - meet your grave digger.
Watch out! Will you live or rest?
It's your best friend in life
It's your worst enemy
It will judge about your fate.
It's a nice place, indeed,
but one day you will find the answer
why you hate - the sea.
Don't trust the beautiful scene in the moonlight,
never forget all the danger hidden in the sea
It offers food, it's your employer,
millions can't exist without it. We surf on it.
It's so damned good. I'm sure there is no about it.
But it's also an obedient slave of death.
See the dying man on his last quest.
Feel his cold and deadly breath
No chance to get his life back.
The lord of tides is dying now.
Pollution wins the fight
Sick mankind survives somehow
But can we pay the price.
We kill the source of life we need
One way street until the end.
Human beings have to bleed.
This is my revenge.