To stand at the edge of an ocean is to face an eternity of waves and water, a shroud covering seven-tenths of the Earth. Hidden below are mountain ranges and canyons that rival anything on land.

The Equator splits the Pacific Ocean into two parts: The North Pacific and the South Pacific. The world’s second largest ocean is the Atlantic Ocean. It covers about a quarter of the Earth.

Just as Earth's rotation creates the prevailing winds, it creates surface currents within the oceans. Under the influence of the trade winds, surface waters near the equator flow from east to west.

The world’s oceans ... Earth’s oceans. They are driven by both wind and thermohaline circulation interacting with each other. Wind moves the surface waters by friction, but away from the ...