The deepest ocean is on Earth and not only

Despite the centuries of research, the Earth is still full of mysteries and mysteries. Even on the continents remained unexplored places, but the first place in the number of mysterious mysteries is occupied, of course, by the oceans. Scientists have not established even the exact age of the terrestrial oceans, and we are confused about what is at the bottom of the deepest depressions. And the deepest ocean, and everyone else will give us many more amazing discoveries.

The smallest of the four oceans of the Earth is the Arctic. This mass of ice water ishes the Arctic, as well as the northern parts of Eurasia, Canada and the United States. Despite the cold, this ocean is rich in fish and krill. It is there that whales come to feed themselves in a short summer. The third place in this ranking is occupied by the Atlantic Ocean - its average depth is 3,926 meters. "Silver" went to the Indian Ocean with 3,963 meters of medium depth. What is the deepest ocean - it's not difficult to guess: of course, Quiet. The average index of its depth reaches 4281 meters. But the Mariana Trench, the deepest place of the Earth, is not in the Pacific Ocean, but in the Atlantic, near the Guam Islands, and totals 10,790 meters. The depth of the oceans is determined by an instrument that catches the sound waves reflected from the bottom .

We know little about the ocean floor. Scientists-oceanographers have established that the oceans, including the deepest, up to 3600-meter depth are covered with mud - soft deposits from the remains of small marine inhabitants. Elastic deposits on the six-kilometer depth and below become red. Oceanographers call them "red clay", as volcanic ash is mixed with biological sediments.

The deepest ocean of the Earth is surrounded by all five continents. The Western border of the Pacific Ocean is marked by Australia, Eurasia and the Malay Archipelago located between them. Its eastern border runs along the shores of both Americas, and in the south "quiet" waters are washed by the ice coast of Antarctica. The boundary between the Pacific and Arctic Oceans is marked by the Bering Strait and runs between the Seward and Chukotka peninsulas. From the Atlantic, the deepest ocean is separated by an imaginary line connecting Cape Horn and the Antarctic Peninsula. The most conditional is the border of the Pacific and Indian oceans. Starting on the Hindustan Peninsula, it passes through the islands of Java, Sumatra and New Guinea, and ends on the northern coast of Australia.

The Pacific Ocean is in the lead not only in depth. Of all the terrestrial oceans, Tikhiy occupies the largest area, which is almost 180,000 square kilometers. This vast area is scattered at least ten thousand islands, and in the bowels of the ocean is located the greatest on the planet underwater ridge, dividing it into two unequal parts. The western part of it is warmed by warm currents, and the eastern one is "frozen" by the Peruvian current. The western part is much larger than the eastern part, therefore the Pacific Ocean is also considered to be the warmest on the Earth. On this vast space, covering several natural areas - the richest flora, and inhabited by many representatives of the fauna.

The Pacific Ocean is the deepest on Earth, but the oceans are not only on our planet. The deepest ocean in the solar system is on the planet Europe. This small planet revolves around the gas giant of Jupiter. In size, Europe is slightly less than the moon. Its center is the iron core, and the surface is covered with an ice shell of many kilometers in thickness. According to the recently confirmed hypothesis, under the layer of ice there is an ocean of one hundred-kilometer depth, occupying the entire planet. Scientists suggest that the Europian Ocean consists of water that does not freeze due to the powerful tides, born of the attraction of Jupiter. They do not exclude the existence of biological life in this ocean.