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Southern Ocean
Size: 21.96 million square kilometers, Depth: 7,236 meters, Location: Encircles Antarctica, Unique Attributes: Also known as the Antarctic Ocean, this body of water contains the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which flows from west to east around Antarctica
Baltic Sea
Size: 377,000 square kilometers, Depth: 459 meters, Location: Bordered by nine countries including Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Germany, Unique Attributes: Brackish water sea with low salinity due to many freshwater rivers draining into it
Arctic Ocean
Size: 15.56 million square kilometers, Depth: 1,020 to 5,450 meters, Location: Centred approximately on the North Pole, Unique Attributes: Smallest and shallowest of the oceans, its surface is covered by sea ice throughout the year
Mediterranean Sea
Size: 2.5 million square kilometers, Depth: 5,267 meters, Location: Bordered by Europe to the north, Africa to the south, and Asia to the east, Unique Attributes: Nearly landlocked sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar
Indian Ocean
Size: 70.56 million square kilometers, Depth: 7,906 meters, Location: Bordered by southern Asia to the north, Australia to the east, and Africa to the west, Unique Attributes: Warmest ocean in the world
Pacific Ocean
Size: 168 million square kilometers, Depth: 10,911 meters, Location: Lies between the Americas to the East and Asia and Australia to the West, Unique Attributes: Largest and deepest of the world's oceans
Atlantic Ocean
Size: 85 million square kilometers, Depth: 8,486 meters, Location: Bordered by America to the West and Europe and Africa to the East, Unique Attributes: Second largest ocean, contains the Sargasso Sea which is known for its still waters and seaweed
Bering Sea
Size: 2 million square kilometers, Depth: 4,773 meters, Location: Bordered by Alaska to the east and Russia to the west, Unique Attributes: Known for having one of the most productive fisheries in the world
Dead Sea
Size: 605 square kilometers, Depth: 304 meters, Location: Bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and Palestine to the west, Unique Attributes: One of the saltiest bodies of water in the world, its high salinity prevents macroscopic aquatic organisms such as fish and aquatic plants from living in it
Black Sea
Size: 436,000 square kilometers, Depth: 2,212 meters, Location: Between Eastern Europe and Western Asia, Unique Attributes: Has a unique marine layering system that creates an almost completely anoxic environment below 200 meters, preserving historical shipwrecks and artifacts
Red Sea
Size: 438,000 square kilometers, Depth: 2,211 meters, Location: Between Africa and Asia, Unique Attributes: Known for its rich reef ecosystem, it is one of the most saline water bodies in the world
Sea of Okhotsk
Size: 1.58 million square kilometers, Depth: 3,372 meters, Location: Bordered by the Russian Far East and the Kamchatka Peninsula, Unique Attributes: Known for its extremely cold waters and sea ice that cover it for half of the year
Coral Sea
Size: 4.8 million square kilometers, Depth: 2,394 meters, Location: Off the northeast coast of Australia, Unique Attributes: Famous for the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system
Caribbean Sea
Size: 2.75 million square kilometers, Depth: 7,686 meters, Location: Bordered by the West Indies to the north and east, South American coast to the south, and the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Unique Attributes: Known for its clear blue water and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
Caspian Sea
Size: 371,000 square kilometers, Depth: 1,025 meters, Location: Bordered by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan, Unique Attributes: Largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth, classified as both a sea and a lake, has no natural outflow
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