5. OCEANS
•Largest bodies of water on earth.
•There are five interconnected oceans
which cover 70.8 percent of the water on
the earth’s surface, namely Pacific,
Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, and Arctic.
6. PACIFIC OCEAN
•The largest ocean in the world
which stretches over almost
one-third of the earth’s
surface.
8. ATLANTIC OCEAN
•One-half the size of the Pacific.
•Most of the world’s goods are
shipped across the Atlantic waters.
16. THE SEAS
•A large body of water
almost completely
surrounded by land.
18. MEDITERRANEAN SEA
•One of the most important seas
which lies between Africa and
Eurasia.
•It is one of the chief waterways of
the world.
25. GULF AND BAYS
•A bay is a part of a lake or an ocean
which creates a semi-circular
indentation along the shore.
•Its water is quiet and free from strong
currents and makes a natural harbor.
•A gulf is a large bay.
29. LAKES
•Completely encircled by land.
•It coast is called shores.
•Most lakes have fresh water, but a few lakes
are salty.
•Some lakes are very small but others are so
large that they are like inland seas.
•The Caspian sea is an example of a lake
with salty water.
32. RIVERS
•Formed by rainfall and melting snow.
•They begin as small streams, or water running
downhill, which join forces with other streams
to become a river.
•A river is always flows from higher to lower
land.
•There are types of rivers, the source, mouth,
current and tributaries.
42. INLAND CANAL
•Found in Western Europe,
•Used to ship farm and factory
goods to nearby town or sea ports.
43. WORLD’S LONGEST RIVER
• Nile, Africa
• Amazon, S. America
• Yangze, Asia
• Mississippi-Missouri, N. America
• Ob-Irtysh, Asia
• Huang-Ho, Asia(yellow river)
• Zaire, Africa
• Parana, S. America
• Amur, Asia
• Lena, Asia