8 Crazy facts about the Ocean...
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- Apr 23, 2020
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1. It is actually possible to find rivers and lakes beneath the ocean.
When salt water and hydrogen sulphide combine, it becomes denser than the rest of the water around it, forming a lake or river that flows beneath the oceans surface.
2. Less than five per cent of the planet’s oceans have been explored.
According to the Ocean Service,humans have explored less than 5 (five)% of Earth’s oceans.

3. One iceberg can supply one million people with enough drinking water to last 5 years.
One iceberg in Antartica holds more than 20 billion gallons of water.
4. The world’s longest mountain range is underwater.
Earth’s longest range of mountains, the Mid-Ocean Ridge, is almost entirely beneath the ocean, stretching across a distance of 65,000 kilometres. It’s said that this mountain range is less explored than the surface of Venus or Mars.

5. There is over 3 million shipwrecks in the ocean.
There are over 3 million shipwrecks that have been reported!
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