Home›Seas›Shaped ByBrowse ByShaped ByThis dimension credits the process that carved a body of water's own shape, whether erosion, glaciation or tectonic movement. Wikipedia describes erosion as "the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited," one of the most common shaping forces of all. Browsing by what shaped a body of water groups features carved by the same kind of natural process.FactsShaped BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonTypical SalinityWell-attestedSaline 1Shaped ByFilter Results11 entriesWater Body TypeAllSeas (World) (11)ContinentAllAfrica (3)Antarctica (2)Asia (7)Australia (2)Europe (8)North America (2)South America (1)Area or Depth BandAll117,000 to 720,000 sq km (9)15,100 to 115,000 sq km (1)25 to 2,325 sq km (1)797,000 to 161,760,000 sq km (6)Bordering Land or CountryAllAbkhazia (1)Albania (1)Azerbaijan (1)Belgium (1)Belize (1)Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)Brunei (1)Bulgaria (1)Canada (1)China (2)Colombia (1)Costa Rica (1)Croatia (1)Cuba (1)Denmark (1)Djibouti (1)Dominican Republic (1)Egypt (1)Eritrea (1)Estonia (1)Finland (1)France (3)Georgia (1)Germany (1)Haiti (1)Honduras (1)Iceland (1)India (1)Indonesia (5)Iran (1)Ireland (1)Israel (1)Italy (2)Jamaica (1)Japan (1)Jordan (1)Kazakhstan (1)Khedivate of Egypt (1)Kingdom of Jerusalem (1)Kingdom of the Netherlands (1)Latvia (1)Lithuania (1)Malaysia (2)Malta (1)Mexico (1)Montenegro (1)Morocco (1)Myanmar (1)Netherlands (1)Nicaragua (1)North Korea (1)Norway (2)Panama (1)Papua New Guinea (2)Philippines (3)Poland (1)Romania (1)Russia (5)Saudi Arabia (1)Singapore (1)Slovenia (1)Solomon Islands (1)South Korea (1)Spain (1)Sudan (1)Sweden (1)Taiwan (2)Thailand (1)Trinidad and Tobago (1)Turkey (1)Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (1)Turkmenistan (1)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (2)Venezuela (1)Vietnam (1)Yemen (1)LengthAll1,126 to 2,525 km (4)15 to 320 km (1)2,574 to 9,600 km (1)725 to 1,120 km (5)First Proposed YearAll1669 (1)1687 (1)1837 (1)1912 (1)Scientific Consensus YearAll1875 (1)1967 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareContinental CollisionShaped By1 entryContinental RiftingShaped By5 entriesDeposition and SedimentationShaped By2 entriesEndorheic Basin FormationShaped By1 entryGlacial RetreatShaped By1 entryGlaciationShaped By4 entriesPlate TectonicsShaped By7 entriesSea Level ChangeShaped By2 entriesSeafloor SpreadingShaped By1 entrySubductionShaped By5 entriesTidal ActionShaped By1 entrySources1. Body of water - Wikipediatier 2WikipediaBody of water, Sea definitionQuote, Body of water, Sea definitionSea: A large body of water, usually saline and connected to the oceans.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.