Atlantic Ocean

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body of water geographical feature ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the world's second-largest ocean, separating the Americas from Europe and Africa and serving as a major route for global climate regulation, trade, and exploration.

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Observed surface forms (23)

Surface form	Occurrences
North Atlantic Ocean	135
South Atlantic Ocean	23
Atlantic Ocean basin	20
Atlantic Ocean watershed	6
Atlantic Ocean region	5
North Atlantic	3
Atlantic	2
Atlantic basin	2
Central Atlantic Ocean	2
North Atlantic Ocean basin	2
Atlantic Ocean (cremated remains scattered)	1
Atlantic Ocean (eastern part)	1
Atlantic Ocean (portion)	1
Atlantic Ocean (via Drake Passage)	1
Atlantic Ocean skyline	1
AtlanticOcean	1
North Atlantic area	1
equatorial Atlantic Ocean	1
northwest Atlantic Ocean	1
northwestern Atlantic Ocean	1
open Atlantic Ocean	1
tropical Atlantic Ocean	1
western Atlantic Ocean	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ ocean ⓘ
borderedByCountry	Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Portugal ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Spain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
boundedBy	Africa ⓘ Arctic Ocean to the north ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ surface form: Southern Ocean to the south
connectedTo	Arctic Ocean ⓘ Baltic Sea ⓘ Black Sea via the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ North Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean via the Drake Passage ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ
containsFeature	Amazon River mouth ⓘ Bermuda Triangle ⓘ Congo River mouth ⓘ Mid-Atlantic Ridge ⓘ Sargasso Sea ⓘ
crossedBy	Equator ⓘ
hasApproximateArea	about 106,000,000 square kilometers ⓘ about 41,000,000 square miles ⓘ
hasAverageDepth	about 11,962 feet ⓘ about 3,646 meters ⓘ
hasDeepestPoint	Puerto Rico Trench ⓘ
hasMajorCurrent	Benguela Current ⓘ Brazil Current ⓘ Canary Current ⓘ Gulf Stream ⓘ Labrador Current ⓘ Gulf Stream ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Drift
hasMaximumDepth	about 27,480 feet ⓘ about 8,376 meters ⓘ
hasNotableIslandGroup	Portugal ⓘ surface form: Azores Canary Islands ⓘ Cape Verde Islands ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ surface form: Caribbean Islands
hasNotableSea	Sargasso Sea ⓘ
hasPart	North Atlantic area ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
hasSalinityRange	about 33 to 37 parts per thousand ⓘ
historicallyImportantFor	Age of Exploration ⓘ European colonization of the Americas ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
isMajorRouteFor	international trade ⓘ transatlantic shipping ⓘ
isSegmentOf	global ocean conveyor belt ⓘ
locatedOnPlanet	Earth ⓘ
namedAfter	Atlas from Greek mythology ⓘ
partOf	World Ocean ⓘ
playsRoleIn	global climate regulation ⓘ thermohaline circulation ⓘ
rankBySize	second-largest ocean on Earth ⓘ
separates	Americas from Africa ⓘ Americas from Europe ⓘ

Referenced by (1,591)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maritime Authority System → domain → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Age of Sail → dominantRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Appalachian Mountains → drainageBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Benue River → drainageBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Democratic Republic of the Congo → drainageBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Echo Lake, Hopkinton, Massachusetts → drainageBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Ipswich River → drainageBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin

Malabo → drainageBasin → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Allegheny Mountains → drainageDivideBetween → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean watershed

Altamaha River → drainageTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Côte d'Ivoire → drainageTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Chesapeake Bay → drainsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mediterranean Sea → drainsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Greater Everglades ecosystem → drainsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southern Patagonian Ice Field → drainsTo → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Amazon River → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Amazon River mouth → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Charles River → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Congo River mouth → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gironde estuary → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Hudson River → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Orinoco Delta → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

River Shannon → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Río de la Plata → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Saco River → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Savannah River → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Senegal River → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Volta River → emptiesInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

John Cabot → exploredRegion → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic coastal plain → extendsAlong → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Anti-Atlas → extendsFrom → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Sahel → extendsFrom → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Florida Peninsula → extendsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

North American plate boundary system → extendsUnder → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Puerto Rico Capitol → facing → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Southernmost Point buoy → facing → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Altamaha River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Bou Regreg River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Cape Fear River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Churchill River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Garonne → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Guadalquivir River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Merrimack River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Mondego River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Piscataqua River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Santa Cruz River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Severn → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Tagus River → flowsInto → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

Gulf Stream → flowsToward → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Massachusetts Route 1A → followsCoast → Atlantic Ocean ⓘ