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The document discusses the major waterforms on Earth. It states that 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, mostly in the four oceans - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. It also describes other large waterforms like bays, gulfs, seas, straits, canals, lakes, and rivers, and provides examples of each.

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Waterforms Presentation

The document discusses the major waterforms on Earth. It states that 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, mostly in the four oceans - Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. It also describes other large waterforms like bays, gulfs, seas, straits, canals, lakes, and rivers, and provides examples of each.

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Waterforms

The Earth

30% LAND
70% WATER!
Oceans

• The most important bodies of water


• There are FOUR (4) Oceans
– Atlantic
– Pacific
– Indian
– Arctic
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Other Large Bodies of Water

• These waterforms are partly surrounded


by landforms or extend deep into
landforms
– Bay
– Gulf
– Sea
Bay

• A body of water extending into land,


having a wide opening
• Smaller than a GULF
Gulf

• An arm of an ocean or sea extending into


the land
• Usually larger
than a BAY
Sea
• A large body of salt water
• Smaller than an Ocean
Strait

• A natural, narrow waterway connecting


two larger bodies of water
Canal
• A man-made narrow body of water
connecting two larger bodies of water

Suez Canal

Egypt
Lake

• A body of water completely surrounded by


land

Lake
Victoria
River

• A natural stream of running water that


flows into a larger body of water
• A River has FOUR (4) parts
– Source: where the river starts
– Tributary: contributes water to the river
– Mouth: where the river ends
– Delta: fertile soil at the mouth of a river

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