Living Geography Book I

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Oceans Part III. Pacific Ocean

U. Dedering

The greatest of all the oceans is the Pacific. It fills more space than all the countries of the earth taken together. It reaches south to the Antarctic, and the waters of these two oceans are not separated in any way. It is nearly divided from the Arctic by the northern lands of Asia and America, but there is a narrow passage of water which joins the Strait NASA two oceans. Such a narrow passage of water joining two larger portions of water is called a strait. 119


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