The difference between oceans, seas and billabongs | Did You Know?

We all know Australia is “girt by sea” … but if you want to be precise, it’s actually more girt by oceans.

The planet is about 70% water — and Australians should know that better than most. But there are some interesting rules for how bodies of water are named. What makes an ocean, and what defines a sea? What's the different between a gulf and a bay? There are widely agreed upon naming conventions, but there are also plenty of interesting exceptions around the world.

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[BenColc]

I came to learn the difference between a gulf and a bay but learned a lot about Australia too. Thanks!

[SuperAtheist]

My brain is hurtin'.
Someone put a lot of thought into naming bodies of water.
I just wanted to know the difference between sea and ocean.

[hilliard]

Wow I'm impressed abc, this is cool and informative, and I didn't know you made for just YouTube :)

[pmexplore]

So I came hear for ocean and sea. But there were all these add ons.

[meltingpotmeme]

What about "sound"?
In geography, a sound is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, and wider than a fjord; or a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land (see also strait). An example: the Cockburn Sound is an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Western Australia.

[RealityContradiction]

This is beautiful, amazing and perfection !


SN: Came here for seas & oceans and got alot more

[jaffarnasir]

Great, short and educational. Thanks ABC!

[ashwin]

That's a lot of important information in a single video and explained brilliantly

[sakuragamingsss]

Thanks . This video helped me to learn many things. Please share more informative videos . Best of luck. 👍👍

[K-aR-Oh]

I was looking for the differences between ocean and sea, now I hate water in general, so many things and so little time to remember. Brilliant video anyways

[benw-lk]

One small correction, the earth isn't 70% water. The earths surface is covered 70% by water. But, water is only 0.02% of the earths total mass, most of it is rock.

[rumaisa]

Tomorrow is my paper I was so nervous but u explained it so well that now I am confident 😊

[MethosFilms]

Love this. Im new to sailing and so im learning all these myself

[walidtaha]

Very informative, thank you for the this video.
Oh I went to school in Houston and they had these things as “Bayou”.. like a less swamp river stream

[beast]

Informative...really appreciate it....thank you!

[mann_man]

So this is basically another “what are continents?” situation where we don’t know entirely know what these geographical features are and just ignore what we made.And it’s an awful way to divide a section of land or water so we can more easily understand it

[stenhard..]

Australia is not bordered by the Southern Ocean even tho', for some unknown reason Australians are told that it is. Officially the Southern Ocean begins around 66 degrees south while Australia only reaches about 47 degrees south. The Ocean which lies south of W.A, S.A. and to the eastern most point of Victoria is the Indian Ocean.

[tahlia]

Thank you, this was really helpful for my Rising sea levels investigation. 😁

[chitranshawasthi]

Hope I could give it more number of likes than these geological structures you tought...Nice job👍🏻

[fa]

This video made me more confused than watching the Teletubbies.