The document discusses major water bodies on Earth. It describes the five oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic oceans. It provides details on the size and locations of each ocean. It also discusses seas and distinguishes between marginal seas and inland seas. Minor water bodies like bays, gulfs, lakes, lagoons, rivers, and straits are also outlined.

1. Presented by:
Fatima Adnan
Presented by:
Fatima Adnan

2. •We all know how important water is to us. ¾ of the
earth’s surface is covered with water . This water is
distributed throughout the planet in various forms
and shapes, called the various water bodies.

3. •Water bodies differ in size, right from huge ones like
oceans and seas to the small ones like ponds. Thus the
various water bodies we see on the earth’s surface are in
the forms of ocean,seas,lakes,rivers,ponds waterfall etc.

4. MAJOR WATER BODIES
SEAS
• Seas are also big water bodies
but are definitely smaller than
oceans. They are partly enclosed
by a land mass and open into
the ocean.
OCEANS
• The oceans are vast and deep
body of water. Usually, it is these
oceans that separates continents
from one another. The oceans
are bodies of salty water.

5. OCEANS
LARGEST WATER BODIES ON THE EARTH ARE OCEANS
AND THERE ARE FIVE OCEANS:
1) PACIFIC OCEANS
2) ATLANTIC OCEANS
3) INDIAN OCEANS
4) ARTIC OCEAN
5) ANTARTIC OCEAN

6. PACIFIC OCEAN
• THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS THE LARGEST AND THE DEEPEST OCEAN.
• IT IS SUROUNDED BY THE CONTINENTS OF :
• NORTH AMERICA AND SOUTH AMERICA IN THE EAST.
• ASIA AND AUSTRILLIA IN THE WEST.
• ARTIC OCEAN IN THE NORTH.
• ATLANTIC AND INDIAN OCEAN IN THE SOUTH.

7. ATLANTIC OCEAN
• THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS THE SECOND LARGEST OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS.
• IT IS SHAPED LIKE LETTER “S”
• “s” SHAPED BASIN EXTENDING:
• BETWEEN EUROPE AND AFRICA TO EAST, AND THE AMERICAS TO THE WEST.
• IN NORTH UP TO ARTIC CIRCLE.
• IN SOUTH IT MERGES WITH THE PACIFIC AND INDIAN OCEAN.

8. INDIAN OCEAN
• IT IS ONLY OCEAN TO BE NAMED AFTER A COUNTRY .
• ITS SHAPE IS ROUGHLY TRINGLE .
• THE INDIAN OCEAN IS THE OCEAN SURROUNDED BY:
• ASIA TO THE NORTH
• AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO THE EAST.
• THE SOUTHERN OCEAN TO THE SOUTH.
• AFRICA AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE WEST.

9. ARTIC OCEAN
• IT IS THE SMALLEST AND THE SHALLOWEST OF THE WORLD’S FIVE MAJOR
OCEANS.
• IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE COLDEST OF ALL THE OCEANS.
• NORTH AMERICA,EUROPE AND ASIA ARE THE THREE CONTINENTS THAT BORDER
THIS OCEAN IN THE SOUTH.
• MOST OF THE PARTS REMAIN COVERED WITH ICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

10. ANTARTIC OCEAN
• THE ANTARTIC OCEAN IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN OCEAN OR THE
AUSTRAL OCEAN.
• THE CONTINENT OF ANTARTICA IS SURROUNDED BY WATER BODIES WHICH IS
ATUALLY AN EXTENSION OF THE PACIFIC, THE ATLANTIC AND THE INDIAN OCEAN.

11. SEAS
MARGINAL SEAS
• A MARGINAL SEA IS A DIVISION
OF AN OCEAN, PARTIALLY
ENCLOSED BY ISLANDS, OR
PENINSULAS
• FOR EXAMPLS:
• BARENTS SEA, EAST SIBERIAN
SEA, CARIBBEAN SEA, BAY OF
BENGAL ETC.
INLAND SEA
• A sea that covers a central area
of a landmass.
• For example:
• Black sea, dead sea, Caspian sea
etc.

12. SEAS
MARGINAL SEA INLAND SEA

13. MINOR WATER BODIES
MINOR WATER BODIES
• BAY- A BAY IS A BODY OF WATER
PARTIALLY SUROUNDED BY
LAND.
INLAND WATER BODIES
• LAKE- A LAKE IS A BODY OF
WATER THAT IS SUROUNDED BY
LAND.

14. MINOR WATER BODIES
MINOR WATER BODIES
• GULF- A GULF IS A PORTION OF
THE OCEAN THAT PENETRATES
LAND.
INLAND WATER BODIES
• LAGOON- AN AREA OF
SHALLOW WATER SEPRATED
FROM THE SEA BY LOW SANDY
DUNES.

15. MINOR WATER BODIES
MINOR WATER BODIES
• STRAIT- A STRAIT IS A NARROW
BODY OF WATER THAT
CONNECTS TWO LARGER
BODIES OF WATER.
INLAND WATER BODIES
• RIVER- A RIVER IS A LARGE,
NATURAL STREAM OF FLOWING
WATER.

16. DEFORESTATION
• DEFORESTATION : Forests currently over some 30% of the world’s total land area that
the equivalent of 50 football fields were lost each minute due to deforestation between the
year 2000 and 2012 in most cases land is cleared for agricultural production logging wild
fires over grazing and climate change are also root causes the Amazon basin is home to the
Earth largest tropical rainforest in Brazil satellite data that locates areas of illegal and
clearing in the area has helped slash deforestation by some 80% since it hit a record high in
2004 but its still a major problem the disappearance OF THE world’s forests has many
social and environmental consequences loss of homes animal habitats and reduce
biodiversity a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions disrupted water cycles and increased
soil erosion reversing the damage requires careful management replanting trees and reusing
and recycling wood products for example the world wildlife foundation warn rainforests
could completely vanish in a hundreds years if current deforestation rates continue and
without forests the global ecosystem would completely collapse.

17. IRRIGATION
• IRRIGATION IS ANY MEANS USED BY HUMANS TO BRING WATER TO
THE LAND IT CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS USING A GARDEN HOSE TO WATER
A FLOWER BED OR AS COMPLEX AS A SYSTEM OF PIPES AND CANALS
DESIGNED TO BRING MOISTURE TO A DESERT IRRIGATION IS USED
WHEREVER RAINFALL IS EITHER INCONSISTENT OR DOES NOT
PROVIDE ENOUGH NATURAL WATER TO GROW CROPS IT’S
ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT HALF OF THE WORLD’S LAND IS IRRIGATED