CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL SEAS (Lyman, 1960) 



Tributary to South Atlantic 

 Gulf of Guinea 



1533 



2996 



4,592 



Tributary to Indian Ocean 

 Red Sea 

 Persian Gulf 

 Arabian Sea 

 Bay of Bengal 

 Andaman Sea 

 Great Australian Bight 



Tributary to North Pacific 

 Gulf of California 

 Gulf of Alaska 

 Bering Sea 

 Okhotsk Sea 

 Japan Sea 

 Yellow Sea 

 East China Sea 

 Sulu Sea 

 Celebes Sea 



In both North and South Pacific 

 South China Sea 

 Makassar Strait 

 ^folukka Sea 

 Ceram Sea 



Tributary to South Pacific 

 Java Sea 

 Bali Sea 

 Flores Sea 

 Savu Sea 

 Band a Sea 

 Ceram Sea 

 Timor Sea 

 Arafura Sea 

 Coral Sea 



(From McGraw-HlXl Yearbook of Sclsnce and Technology, 

 Copyright I960. IifcCraw-HlU. Book Company, Inc. 

 Used by permission) 



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