Atlantic Ocean - Wikipedia
网页The Atlantic Ocean consists of four major, upper water masses with distinct temperature and salinity. The Atlantic subarctic upper water in the northernmost North Atlantic is the source for subarctic intermediate water and North Atlantic intermediate water.
Atlantic Ocean | Definition, Map, Depth, Temperature, Weather ...
网页4 天之前 · Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. Its name, derived from Greek mythology, means the ‘Sea of Atlas.’
Atlantic Ocean - WorldAtlas
网页2021年3月25日 · The Atlantic Ocean is the world’s second-largest Ocean after the Pacific Ocean. It covers approximately 29% of the total water surface and 20% of the Earth’s total area. The Atlantic is S-shaped and sandwiched between North and South America to the west and Africa and Europe to the east.
The Atlantic Ocean—facts and information - National Geographic
网页2019年3月18日 · Stretching from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, the Atlantic Ocean is bordered by the Americas to the west and Europe and Africa to the east. It's more than 41 million square miles, the...
Atlantic Ocean - The World Factbook
网页2024年8月23日 · The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean).
How big is the Atlantic Ocean? - NOAA's National Ocean Service
网页Covering approximately 20 percent of the Earth’s surface, the Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean basin in the world, following only the Pacific. However, it is only slightly larger than half the size of the Pacific Ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean, the second largest ocean in the world ...
网页Atlantic Ocean, Ocean separating North and South America from Europe and Africa. The second largest of the world’s oceans, the Atlantic has an area of 31,830,000 sq mi (82,440,000 sq km).