Ocean, Seas, Gulfs and Bays

This is such a fun topic, yet many people don't think about the word play involved between these bodies of water. Why is it, people are often "lost at sea," but you never hear "lost at ocean"? Do you eat ocean food or seafood? Ha! How about song lyrics like "sea to shining sea" or "traveled the world and the 7 seas"? Is there something wrong with our ocean? Oops, I said 'ocean' when there is supposed to be 4 of them. Technically, the planet has one giant ocean, but we have divided them into the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and the Arctic Ocean. The Earth is composed of about 72% water and roughly 99% of that is saltwater. Yeah, don't take those facts with a grain of salt; ha! But seriously, how is that for some good perspective on our limited supply of freshwater creeks, rivers, overflows, springs, etc.?

On a side note, there are some conspiracy theorists out there that also think Earth has one more big body of water. They claim there is some massive underground river or sea or ocean (whatever) that is located in the center of Earth. If you're interested or never heard about that before, visit the "Movies Related to the Hollow Earth Theory" post.  Okay, now back to the main subject...

When it comes to the seas, we have 7 major seas, but obviously there are more than that. A Bay is simply a large indentation into the land formed by the sea. If that sounds confusing enough, gulfs are even bigger than bays, as they are large inlets of the ocean (or sea; whatever!) surrounded by land or gulfs could also be an inlet that deeply penetrates any land mass. Ain't this cool? Well, I'm parking this post in the gulf and putting this topic at bay because I'm lost at sea while looking for the best ocean. LOL!

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