OLP 1.A

The ocean is the defining physical feature on our planet Earth—covering approximately 70 percent of the planet’s surface. There is one ocean with many ocean basins: North Pacific, South Pacific, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic.

Exploring Our Fluid Earth, a product of the Curriculum Research & Development Group (CRDG), College of Education. University of Hawai?i, 2011. This document may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-profit educational purposes.