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A sea generally refers to a large body of salt water, but the term is used in other contexts as well. Most commonly, the term refers to a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, and is commonly used as a synonym for ocean. It is also used sometimes to describe a large saline lake that lacks a natural outlet, such as the Caspian Sea.

[edit] List of seas

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

[edit] Arctic Ocean

[edit] Southern Ocean

[edit] Indian Ocean

[edit] Pacific Ocean

Arafura Sea
Banda Sea
Bering Sea
Bismarck Sea
Bohai Sea
Bohol Sea (also known as the Mindanao Sea)
Camotes Sea
Celebes Sea
Ceram Sea

Chilean Sea
Sea of Chiloé
Coral Sea
East China Sea
Flores Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortés)
Gulf of Carpentaria
Gulf of Thailand

[edit] Landlocked seas

Large/significant lakes, many of which are called "sea".

[edit] Bodies of water and their sizes

Rank	Body of water	Square miles (square kilometres)
1	Pacific Ocean	64,196,000 sq mi (166,266,877 km²)
2	Atlantic Ocean	33,400,000 sq mi (86,505,603 km²)
3	Indian Ocean	28,400,000 sq mi (73,555,662 km²)
4	Southern Ocean	20,327,000 sq mi (52,646,688 km²)
5	Arctic Ocean	5,100,000 sq mi (13,208,939 km²)
6	Arabian Sea	1,491,000 sq mi (3,861,672 km²)
7	South China Sea	1,148,000 sq mi (2,973,306 km²)
8	Caribbean Sea	971,000 sq mi (2,514,878 km²)
9	Mediterranean Sea	969,000 sq mi (2,509,698 km²)
10	Bering Sea	873,000 sq mi (2,261,060 km²)
11	Bay of Bengal	838,612 sq mi (2,171,995 km²)
12	Gulf of Mexico	582,000 sq mi (1,507,373 km²)
13	Sea of Okhotsk	537,000 sq mi (1,390,824 km²)
14	Sea of Japan	391,000 sq mi (1,012,685 km²)
15	Hudson Bay	282,000 sq mi (730,377 km²)
16	East China Sea	257,000 sq mi (665,627 km²)
17	Andaman Sea	218,100 sq mi (564,876 km²)
18	Red Sea	175,000 sq mi (453,248 km²)
19	Black Sea	168,500 sq mi (436,413 km²)
20	North Sea	165,000 sq mi (427,348 km²)
21	Baltic Sea	147,000 sq mi (380,728 km²)
22	Yellow Sea	113,500 sq mi (293,964 km²)
23	Persian Gulf	88,800 sq mi (229,991 km²)
24	Gulf of California	59,000 sq mi (152,809 km²)

[edit] Nomenclature

The Sea of Galilee is a small freshwater lake with a natural outlet, which is called Lake Tiberias or Lake Kinneret on modern Israeli maps, but its original name remains in use.
The Sea of Cortés is more commonly known as the Gulf of California.
The Persian Gulf is a sea.
The Dead Sea is actually a lake, as is the Caspian Sea and the mainly dried up Aral Sea.

[edit] Science

The term "sea" has also been used in quantum physics. Dirac sea is an interpretation of positron emission states that comprises the vacuum.

[edit] See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Seas

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Oceanography
Inlet
International Maritime Organization
List of places on land with elevations below sea level
Pole of inaccessibility: the locations farthest from any coastline
Marine debris
Sea level
Sea level rise
Sea salt
Seven Seas

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