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Ocean -- This global, interconnected body of salt water, called the World Ocean, is divided by the continents and archipelagos into the following bodies, from the largest to the smallest: the Pacific Ocean, ... > full article

Ocean acidification -- Ocean acidification is the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by their uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the ... > full article

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Oceanic trench -- The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. They also are the deepest parts of the ocean ... > full article

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Mountain -- A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. The altitude of mountains means that the tops exist in higher cold layers of the ... > full article

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