Adrienne Camille E. Sarsalejo
20, 2019
Oceanic Basin is the land surface under an ocean, including all of its topographical features.
Atlantic Ocean Basin -
Indian Ocean Basin -
Southern Ocean -
Arctic Ocean Basin -
Earth Science – X Nov.
Different Types of Ocean Basin
covers approximately 29 million square miles of the Earth’s
surface, extending from the Arctic Ocean in the north, to the
Southern Ocean above Antarctica. The average depth of the basin
is 12,881 feet and the deepest point is the Puerto Rico Trench at
28,231 feet below the water.
has 26 million square miles of underwater land surface, bordered
by Africa in the west, Australia in the east, India to the north and
the Southern Ocean. The basin has an average depth of 13,800 feet,
and the deepest point is 23,812 feet below water in the Java
Trench.
was officially designated by the International Hydrographic
Organization in the year 2000, but does not have a true ocean
basin. It surrounds the continent of Antarctica and extends
northward to 60 degrees of latitude, where it meets the Atlantic,
Indian and Pacific Oceans.
has over 5 million square miles, Approximately one third of this is
the continental shelves of North America and Asia. It has an
average depth of 4,900 feet and the deepest point is at 17,880 feet
below water. The Pacific Ocean Basin is the largest oceanic basin
in the world with an area of 59 million square miles.