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Term for the gently sloping sea floor at edge of most land masses
the Continental Shelf
This colorful sea cuts through 2 geological plates: the Nubian & the Arabian; It's the body of water between Sudan & Saudi Arabia
the Red Sea
An arm of the Red Sea, this gulf bears the name of the canal it feeds into
Suez
Meaning "Gate of Tears", the Bab el Mandeb is a 20-mile-wide strait allowing passage from the Gulf of Aden into this sea
the Red Sea
The thermocline, a layer of the ocean from around 660' to 3,000' down, is so-called because this declines rapidly
the temperature
Portugal's island of Madeira sits at the top of a "shield" one of these, rising up from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean
a volcano
This sea, located between the island of Timor and northern Australia, is known for its rich petroleum and natural gas reserves
the Timor Sea
Kuwait is found on the Arabian Peninsula along the northwestern shores of this gulf
the Persian Gulf
This body of water gets a little saltier as the Suez Canal sends seawater in from the Red Sea
the Mediterranean
Commonly expressed in grams per cubic centimeter, density is calculated by dividing mass by this
volume
It's a bowl-shaped depression on the ocean floor, or a washbowl or sink in your house
a basin
The Indus River flows 1,900 miles before emptying into this sea that shares its name with an adjacent peninsula; The strategic Strait of Hormuz leads from the Persian Gulf into this body of water to the south.
This gulf named for a Yemeni seaport was once a haven for piracy such as the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama in 2009
Gulf of Aden
This Indian Ocean channel separates Madagascar from another "M" on the African mainland
the Mozambique Channel
An isohaline on an ocean map connects points with the same amount of this; This property of seawater is usually 3.5% but in parts of the Baltic Sea, it can be under 1%, due to melting ice
salinity
Underwater canyons are part of the vast submarine mountain range called the mid-Atlantic this
the Ridge
This sea, bounded by the coasts of Myanmar & Thailand to its east, is a marginal sea of the Indian Ocean
the Andaman Sea
Bangkok is the leading port on this gulf, an inlet of the South China Sea
This strait at one end of the Persian Gulf carries 1/3 of the world's seaborne oil & was the scene of international tensions in 2019
the Strait of Hormuz
This physical factor increases by about one atmosphere for every 10 meters of depth in the ocean.
pressure
Examples of this type of steep-sided depression in the sea floor include the Aleutian, Sunda & Mariana
a trench
This sea separates the Maldives & Sri Lanka from the Asian mainland
the Laccadive Sea
The Sundarbans is the swampy delta where the Ganges, Meghna & Brahmaputra rivers all flow into this bay
Bay of Bengal
This strait west of Malaysia is the shortest sea route from India to China
the Strait of Malacca
The surface temperature of the ocean can reach up to 32°C in the summer, especially in this body of water located between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran
the Persian Gulf