Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about 106,400,000 square kilometres (41,100,000 sq mi),[1] it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area. The first part of its name refers to Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the "Sea of Atlas".

Sea Life in Atlantic Ocean.

 The oldest known mention of "Atlantic" is in The Histories of Herodotus around 450 BC (Hdt. 1.202.4): .The term "ocean" itself was synonymous with the waters beyond the Strait of Gibraltar that we now know as the Atlantic. The early Greeks believed this ocean to be a gigantic river encircling the world.

Placid Atlantic Ocean.

The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Eurasia and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west. As one component of the interconnected global ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean (which is sometimes considered[by whom?] a sea of the Atlantic), to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south. (Other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica.) The equator subdivides it into the North Atlantic Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean.

Description- An ocean is the largest body of water in the world. It is made of saltwater. The Atlantic Ocean near Georgia is warmer than most oceans in the world. 

Location- The Atlantic Ocean is located on the southeastern border of Georgia. 

What animals live there? - The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Georgia is home to shrimp, tarpon, redfish, flounder, and sea trout.  Sea turtles make their homes there also. 

Sea Life of Atlantic Ocean.

Sea Life of Atlantic Ocean.

What plants grow there? - The Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary is a living coral reef  with sea stars and sand dollars. Seaweed, seagrass, and algea also grow in the ocean.

Sea Life of Atlantic Ocean.

Source : World Atlas , google, wikipedia ,lilburnes.org

 
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