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Ocean Facts
Did you know?
 It is estimated that
there are between500, 000 and 5,000,000 marine species not yet discovered. |
 98% of the ocean floor
has not yet been explored |
| The deepest point of the ocean is called the Mariana Trench, 10.9 km deep. To compare: Mount Everest is 8.8 km high. |
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4 million
tons of fish is harvested each year from the ocean. |
The highest tides in the world occur in the Bay of Fundy, in Canada. At times the difference between high tide and low tide is the height of a three storey building. |
| The underwater mountain range known as the Mid-Ocean Ridge stretches 74,000 km, which is 4 times the length of the Andes, Rockies and Himalayas combined. |
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Updated August 2006
90%
of all the earth's volcanic activity occurs under the ocean.