Friday, May 20, 2016

Water, Water and More Water



I know that about 71 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered, but I never knew there were so many bodies of water.  Yes, of course, I knew there were oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, etc., but when our new cruise buddy, Karlene, started keeping a record of the different bodies of water, I was amazed. 

During our World Cruise, she compiled a list of the bodies of water we sailed through:

Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Cardentaria
Torres Strait
China Sea
Malacca Strait
Singapore Strait
Straits of Johor
Sunda Strait
Lombak Strait
Laccadive Sea
East Vietnam Sea
Songthival River
Tathong Channel
Indian Ocean
Arabian Sea
Gulf oh O Man
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Cape al-Hadd in Oman
Grads Bay on Pakistan Iron Border
Gulf of Aden
Red Sea
Bab-Jel-Mandeb Strait
Bab Ickender (Alexander Strait)
Dact-el-Mayun Strait
Molorcca Sea
Andamen Sea
Strait of Tiran
Strait of Gubal
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aqaba
Strait of Dubai
Suez Canal
Mediterranean Sea
Ionian Sea
Adriatic Sea
Venetian Lagoon
Gieducca Canal
Gulf of Tarento
Gibraltar Strait
Atlantic Ocean
Sargasso Sea

Unfortunately, she disembarked in Fort Lauderdale, but she asked me to keep track of the remaining segment from Florida to Los Angeles, and these are the bodies of water I could identify:

Strait of Florida
Caribbean Sea
Panama Canal (Gatun Lake)
Acapulco Trench
Bahia de Banderas
Bahama Channel
Bocachica Channel
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Bahia La Paz
Sea of Cortez aka Gulf of California aka Vermilion Sea
San Pedro Bay

Pretty amazing! 

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