Difference between Sea and ocean?

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Both the ocean and the sea are large or vast waters-that covers 70 percent of the earth’s surface.

Even as they’re waters, oceans and seas are different in many ways;

First, oceans are waters between the continents, such as Atlantic Ocean separating Africa and Europe from North/South America; Indian Ocean separating India from Africa, Pacific Ocean separating North and South America from Asia. Ocean floor is made up of dense basaltic rock, covered with or by vast continuous body of water, which account for over two-thirds of earth area. The world has seven of these waters:

  • Arctic Ocean
  • the North Atlantic Ocean
  • the South Atlantic Ocean
  • the Indian Ocean
  • the North Pacific Ocean
  • the South Pacific Ocean
  • the Southern (or Antarctic) Ocean
On the other hand, a sea is a narrow body of water; smaller in size to ocean. Generally, seas are very close to land or human habitation, and the sea floor is made up of light granite rock of the continent. A sea is mostly enclosed land of water, which could be bodies of waters as shown is this map. The Mediterranean Sea, otherwise known as the Great Sea is a body of water connecting Africa and southern Europe, this water connect twenty-three countries (in Africa, Europe, and Asia) and four territories.
 
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