Brain Post: How Big is the Ocean? | TED Talk

Ever wonder how big the Pacific Ocean is?  Or perhaps the Atlantic?  Or, did you ever consider the fact that it’s really one big ocean, which have divided into 5 primary basins?  The TED Talk above explains that the ocean is not just big, it’s really, really BIG.

Oceanic Facts

• Area of over 360 million square kilometers
• Contains 1.3 billion cubic meters of water
• Holds 97% of earths total water content
• Makes up 99% of earths biosphere (the place where things live)
• Harbors the true tallest mountain, Mauna Kea, at 10000 meters in height
• 50% of the worlds population lives within 100km of the coastline