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Mississippi River Ends - The Delta

Missourri Ends
2,341 miles
2,341 mi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_River
2,565 mi
http://www.answers.com/topic/missouri-river
2,315 mi

Missouri River Headwaters

Ocean #5 Southern Ocean ?

Ocean #4 Arctic Ocaen
an ocean N of North America, Asia, and the Arctic Circle. ab. 5,540,000 sq. mi. (14,350,000 sq. km).
"Nearly landlocked, the Arctic Ocean is bordered by Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia, and Norway. The Bering Strait connects it with the Pacific Ocean and the Greenland Sea is the chief link with the Atlantic Ocean."
"The greatest depth (17,850 ft/5,441 m) in the Arctic Ocean is found just N of the Chukchi Sea. Since the Arctic's connection with the Pacific Ocean is narrow and very shallow, its principal exchange of water is with the Atlantic Ocean through the Greenland Sea. Even there, though surface waters communicate freely and a strong subsurface current brings warm water from the Atlantic into the Arctic basin"

Mississippi Starting Point
Lake Itasca

Ocean #3 Indian Ocean
from
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0825114.html
Indian Ocean, third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area. The Indian Ocean is connected with the Pacific Ocean by passages through the Malay Archipelago and between Australia and Antarctica; and with the Atlantic Ocean by the expanse between Africa and Antarctica and by the Suez Canal. Its chief arms are the Arabian Sea (with the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Persian Gulf), the Bay of Bengal, and the Andaman Sea. The continental shelf of the Indian Ocean is narrow. Madagascar and Sri Lanka, the largest islands in the ocean, are structurally parts of the continents as are Socotra, the Andaman Islands, and the Nicobar Islands; the Seychelles and the Kerguelen Islands are exposed tops of submerged ridges. The Laccadives, the Maldives, and the Chagos are low coral islands, and Mauritius and Réunion are high volcanic cones. The floor of the Indian Ocean has an average depth of c.11,000 ft (3,400 m). The Mid-Oceanic Ridge, a broad submarine mountain range extending from Asia to Antarctica, divides the Indian Ocean into three major sections—the African, Antardis, and Australasian. The ridge rises to an average height of c.10,000 ft (3,000 m), and a few peaks emerge as islands. A large rift, an extension of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley that runs through the Gulf of Aden, extends along most of its length (see seafloor spreading). The Mid-Oceanic Ridge, along with other submarine ridges, encloses a series of deep-sea basins (abyssal plains). The greatest depth (25,344 ft/7,725 m) is in the Java Trench, S of Java, Indonesia. The Indian Ocean receives the waters of the Zambezi, Tigris-Euphrates, Indus, Ganges-Brahmaputra, and Irrawady rivers. The surface waters of the ocean are generally warm, although close to Antarctica pack ice and icebergs are found. The Indian Ocean has two water circulation systems—a regular counterclockwise southern system (South Equatorial Current, Mozambique Current, West Wind Drift, West Australian Current) and a northern system, the Monsoon Drift, whose currents are directly related to the seasonal shift of monsoon winds. The southwest monsoon draws moisture from the Indian Ocean and drops heavy rainfall on the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Ocean #2 Atlantic Ocean
Welcome to the Atlantic Ocean !
Below are a few questions you will need to answer. Take out your research journal and use the links below to discover & confirm your answers.
The Atlanic Ocean is the ____ largest ocean in the world.
What is the area(sq miles) of the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean?
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/factbook/zh/
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0805214.html

Ocean #1 Pacific Ocean
Welcome to the Pacific Ocean-
For more facts about the Pacific Ocean visit these 3 web sites
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0837240.html
http://www.worldinfozone.com/oceans.php?country=Pacific

The Great Lakes
Watch the video and dsecribe the process of invasive species.