Ocean Facts

Enjoy our amazing Ocean Facts for Kids with information on the five oceans of the world, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean and the Southern Ocean. 

What is ocean?

The ocean is a huge body of salt water that covers about 71 percent of our planet’s surface. There are FIVE oceans on the Earth planet. 

Oceans by size
Pacific Ocean (168,723,000 sq km) Atlantic Ocean  (85,133,000 sq km) Indian Ocean  (70,560,000 sq km) Southern Ocean  (21,960,000 sq km) Arctic Ocean  (15,558,000 sq km)

How much water is there on earth?

There are more than 326 million trillion gallons of water on Earth.

How much water is in the Earth’s ocean?
Our oceans contains about 97 percent of all the planet’s water.

More Ocean facts.

The longest mountain range in the world, the Mid-Oceanic Ridge (stretching over 56,000km) is found under water. [source]

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