KBC 14: The Amazon river flows into which of the following oceans?
A) Pacific Ocean
B) Indian Ocean
C) Arctic Ocean
D) Atlantic Ocean
Answer: Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean of the world, the largest being Pacific Ocean. It covers around 20 percent of the world’s surface and around 29 percent of its world surface area. The Atlantic Ocean is known to separate the Old World of Europe, Africa and Asia from the New World of America. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin that extends longitudinally between Asia and Africa to the east and the Americas to the west.
As a part of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected to the Arctic Ocean in the north, , the Indian Ocean in the southeast, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest and the Southern Ocean in the south.
Various boundaries have been employed to define especially the northern and also the southern limits of the Atlantic Ocean. There is a lack of universally accepted boundary conventions.
The weather over the North Atlantic is, to a large extent, determined by large-scale wind currents and air masses that emanate from North America. Near Iceland, atmospheric pressure appears to be low, and air flows in a counterclockwise direction. Conversely, air flows clockwise around the Azores, which is a high-pressure area. The meeting of these two air currents leads to the development of prevailing westerly winds across the North Atlantic and over western Europe. In winter these winds meander at altitudes of around 10,000 to 40,000 feet (3,000 to 12,200 meters) over North America in such a way that a northward bulge (ridge) is formed by and over the Rocky Mountains and a southward bulge (trough) develops over the eastern half of the continent.
The Atlantic Ocean is considered to be the first ocean that is crossed by a ship and a plane.
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