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Sea smaller bodies of salt water of the ocean with a proper name, especially if partially enclosed by land, eg, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Arabian Sea. Large expanses of inland salt water, completely land-locked, are also termed as seas, eg, Dead Sea, Caspian Sea. The name is loosely used to refer to the great mass of salt water which covers much of the earth's surface.
Selected seas in different continents
| Continent |
Sea |
| Asia |
Red Sea, Arabian Sea, South China Sea, Java Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of
Okhotsk, Bering Sea, East Siberian Sea, Laptev Sea |
| Europe |
Black Sea, Agean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Barent Sea, White
Sea |
| North America |
Labrador Sea, Greenland Sea, Beaufort Sea |
| South America |
Caribbean Sea |
| Australia |
Coral Sea, Arafura Sea, Timor Sea, Tasman
Sea |
| Antarctica |
Weddell Sea, Lazarev Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, Ross Sea, Davis
Sea |
[Mohd Shamsul Alam]
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