The five named oceans that together cover most of the planet surface: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic. Belongs here: one of these five named oceans. Does not belong here: a sea, which is a smaller, partly enclosed body within or beside an ocean, held under Seas.
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The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth.
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