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Basic knowledge about geography

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Content: * Ocean vs Sea * Sea vs Bay * Bay vs Gulf * Fjord * Strait vs Channel vs Canal * Wave vs Tide vs Current  * Tidal Wave vs Tsunami  *Estuary vs Delta  *Coastal Lagoon & Atolls * Estuary vs Lagoon  * Meander & Oxbow Lakes * Lake vs Pond Ocean  * Ocean - A continuous body of salt water that is contained in enormous basins on Earths surface. * Ocean makes up one global, interconnected body of salt water - Water surrounding entire continents * Deeper than the sea( On average, the depth of the Ocean is around 3,700 meters ( only 10% of the Earth's Ocean floor has been mapped) Sea *Sea are smaller than Oceans and usually located where the land and Ocean meet. * Typically, seas are partially enclosed by land ( exception - Sargasso Sea) - Water surrounding smaller landmasses, * Seas are generally much shallower than Oceans ( some seas are exceptions - Caribbean Sea is considered the deepest sea in the world, and has a depth of 7,686 meters. Bay * A small...