Sea
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A sea is a large area of salt water which is part of an ocean, or a large, usually salt water, closed lake (for example, the Caspian Sea and the Dead Sea). People often informally say "sea" for an ocean.
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List of seas, by ocean[change]
Pacific Ocean[change]
- Bering Sea
- Gulf of Alaska
- Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California)
- Sea of Okhotsk
- East Sea
- Seto Inland Sea
- East China Sea
- South China Sea
- Sulu Sea
- Celebes Sea
- Bohol Sea (Mindanao Sea)
- Philippine Sea
- Flores Sea
- Banda Sea
- Arafura Sea
- Timor Sea
- Tasman Sea
- Yellow Sea
- Coral Sea
- Gulf of Carpentaria
Atlantic Ocean[change]
- Hudson Bay
- Baffin Bay
- Gulf of St. Lawrence
- Caribbean Sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- Sargasso Sea
- North Sea
- Irish Sea
- Celtic Sea
- English Channel
- Mediterranean Sea
Indian Ocean[change]
Arctic Ocean[change]
Southern Ocean[change]
Seas which have land around them (these are landlocked)[change]
- Aral Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Dead Sea
- Sea of Galilee (we call this a sea, but it is really a small freshwater lake)
- Salton Sea
Seas which are not on Earth[change]
Lunar maria are very big areas on the Moon. In the past, people thought they were water and called them "seas".
Scientists think that there is liquid water under the ground on some moons, for example Europa.
Scientists also think that there are liquid hydrocarbons on Titan, but a better name is "lakes", not "seas".
