Where Does One Ocean End and Another Begin?
Kate Yoshida of MinuteEarth rather astutely asks "Where does one ocean end and another begin?". While this question appears to have a simple answer, the reality is that all the world's waterways are connected to each other. There are no borders within the water itself, rather the names were human constructs given to different oceans in regard to around which bodies of land they flow.
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