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Oceans. | Sq. Miles. |
Pacific, about............. | 80,000,000 |
Atlantic, " ............. | 40,000,000 |
Indian, " ............ | 20,000,000 |
Southern, " ............ | 10,000 000 |
Arctic, " ............ | 5 000 000 |
Note. The seas, bays, gulfs, etc., connected with each ocean, are included in the foregoing estimate. It may be proper to remark, however, that the exact superficial extent of the several oceans is not known with certainty, nor the exact proportion of land and water.
Seas. | Length in Miles. | |
Mediterranean, | about | 2,000 |
Caribbean... | " | 1,800 |
China............. | " | 1,700 |
Red............... | " | 1,400 |
Japan............. | " | 1,000 |
Black............. | " | 932 |
Caspian........... | " | 640 |
Baltic............. | " | 600 |
Okhotsk.... | " | 600 |
White............. | " | 450 |
Aral.............. | " | 250 |
Bays. | Length in Miles. |
Hudson's, about | 1,200 |
Baffin's.. " | 600 |
Chesapeake " | 250 |
Lakes. | Length. Miles. | Width. Miles. |
Superior......... | 380.. | 120 |
Baikal........... | 360.. | 35 |
Michigan......... | 330.. | 60 |
Great Slave ....... | 300.. | 45 |
Huron........... | 250.. | 90 |
Winniped........ | 240.. | 40 |
Erie..... | 270.. | 50 |
Athabasca........ | 200.. | 20 |
Ontario.......... | 180.. | 40 |
Maracaybo...... | 150 . | 60 |
Great Bear...... | 150.. | 40 |
Ladoga.......... | 125.. | 75 |
Champlain....... | 123.. | 12 |
Nicaragua....... | 120.. | 40 |
L. of the Woods | 70.. | 25 |
Geneva.......... | 50.. | 10 |
Constance....... | 45.. | 10 |
Cayuga.......... | 36.. | 4 |
George.......... | 36.. |
 
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