The difference between oceans, seas and billabongs | Did You Know?
We all know Australia is “girt by sea” … but if you want to be precise, it’s actually more girt by oceans.
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The planet is about 70% water — and Australians should know that better than most. But there are some interesting rules for how bodies of water are named. What makes an ocean, and what defines a sea? What’s the different between a gulf and a bay? There are widely agreed upon naming conventions, but there are also plenty of interesting exceptions around the world.
RESOURCES
Mapping in Australia
http://www.ga.gov.au/scientific-topics/national-location-information/topographic-maps-data/basics/other-mapping-agencies
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One small correction, the earth isn't 70% water. The earths surface is covered 70% by water. But, water is only 0.02% of the earths total mass, most of it is rock.
lies the earth is flat…
joking lol
Sydney harbour is a ria
This is beautiful, amazing and perfection !
SN: Came here for seas & oceans and got alot more
We used to have this thing called "geography class" in which all this was taught.
This is great, thank you very much.
#Algeria.
Thank you, this was really helpful for my Rising sea levels investigation. 😁
I so confused lol
sevendy pessent whata sound a lo of i(t)
Wow thx I Learned a lot 👍👍👍
Very useful. Thank you very much.
I'm seriously showing this to everyone
Hi
What an accent !!!! I could not listen till the end
Video was very very nice and beautiful design and it is very very easy to learn and understand 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😘😘😘😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍🌎🌎🌎🥳🥳🥳🥳🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😎😎😎😎
That was Brilliant . Got to learn so much in such a short time.
What about the Beaches?
I'm in love with Aussie accent 😍❤️
Thanks . This video helped me to learn many things. Please share more informative videos . Best of luck. 👍👍
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good
Thanks very informative.
I'm treating ocean and sea as synonyms ☺️
Was watching it for Gulf and Bay and hell yeah I feel informed more than I could get in school
Wadder
I was looking for the differences between ocean and sea, now I hate water in general, so many things and so little time to remember. Brilliant video anyways
This is a huge headache for an English learner 😥
"WOTAR"
My brain is hurtin'.
Someone put a lot of thought into naming bodies of water.
I just wanted to know the difference between sea and ocean.
Wow!
too too much info in little time.uffffff
i came here for bay and a gulf but i learned a lot more than that
Pond
Great presentaion. Very professional.
Hope I could give it more number of likes than these geological structures you tought…Nice job👍🏻
Amazing Thankyou sooo much!
Toooooo fast explanation 😗
I thought shes Australian.. lol
how nice
What's the deal with the Mediterranean
I'm cofused in bay and Gulf!
anyone explain?
well i got more than i intended to learn, now my knowledge is enriched…thank you Australian Chinese girl; your wisdom, knowledge and pretty face gave me all kinds of tingly feelings
Caspian Sea is actually a salty lake but called as sea.
It connects Azerbaijan, Iran and one more country