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A sea is a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, or a large, usually saline, lake that lacks a natural outlet such as the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea. The Sea of Galilee is a small freshwater lake with a natural outlet, but the term was applied to it anyway. The term is used colloquially as synonymous with ocean, as in the tropical sea or down to the sea shore, or even sea water referring to water of the ocean. Large lakes are sometimes referred to as inland seas, such as the Great Lakes. Many seas are marginal seas.
List of seas, divided by ocean
Pacific Ocean
- Chilean Sea
- Bering Sea
- Gulf of Alaska
- Salish Sea
- Sea of Cortez (aka Gulf of California)
- Sea of Okhotsk
- Sea of Japan
- Seto Inland Sea
- East China Sea
- South China Sea
- Sulu Sea
- Celebes Sea
- Bohol Sea (aka Mindanao Sea)
- Philippine Sea
- Flores Sea
- Banda Sea
- Arafura Sea
- Timor Sea
- Tasman Sea
- Yellow Sea
- Bohai Sea
- Coral Sea
- Gulf of Carpentaria
- Bismarck Sea
- Solomon Sea
- Ceram Sea
- Halmahera Sea
- Molucca Sea
- Savu Sea
Atlantic Ocean
- Hudson Bay
- Baffin Bay
- Gulf of St. Lawrence
- Bay of Fundy
- Caribbean Sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- Sargasso Sea
- North Sea
- Irish Sea
- Celtic Sea
- Mediterranean Sea
- Bay of Biscay
- Gulf of Guinea
Indian Ocean
- Red Sea
- Gulf of Aden
- Persian Gulf
- Gulf of Oman
- Arabian Sea
- Bay of Bengal
- Gulf of Thailand
- Java Sea
- Andaman Sea
Arctic Ocean
- Barents Sea
- Kara Sea
- Beaufort Sea
- Greenland Sea
- Chukchi Sea
- Laptev Sea
- East Siberian Sea
- White Sea
- Lincoln Sea
Southern Ocean
- Weddell Sea
- Ross Sea
- Great Australian Bight
- Gulf St. Vincent
- Spencer Gulf
- Scotia Sea
- Amundsen Sea
- Bellingshausen Sea
- Davis Sea
Landlocked seas
Extraterrestrial seas
Lunar maria are vast basaltic plains on the Moon that were thought to be bodies of water by early astronomers, who referred to them as "seas".
Liquid water is known to have existed on the surface of Mars in the distant past, and several basins on Mars have been proposed as dry sea beds. The largest is Vastitas Borealis; others include Hellas Planitia and Argyre Planitia.
Liquid water is thought to be present under the surface of several moons, most notably Europa.
Liquid hydrocarbons are thought to be present on the surface of Titan, though it may be more accurate to describe them as "lakes" rather than "seas". The distribution of these liquid regions will hopefully be better known after the arrival of the Cassini probe.
Science
The term "sea" has also been used in quantum physics. Dirac sea is an interpretation of the negative energy states that comprises the vacuum.
See also
- Oceanography
- Inlet
- International Hydrographic Organization
- International Maritime Organization
- Ocean
- Mediterranean sea
- Marginal sea
- Sea salt
- Water
- World Ocean Day