Central Atlantic Ocean

E443412
marine ecoregion oceanic region

The Central Atlantic Ocean is the mid-portion of the Atlantic Ocean basin, characterized by deep abyssal plains, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and extensive open-ocean waters between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Atlantic Ocean basin 1
Central Atlantic Ocean canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marine ecoregion ⓘ
oceanic region ⓘ
boundedBy Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
crossedBy Mid-Atlantic Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy divergent plate boundary between American and African plates ⓘ
hasAverageDepth approximately 4000 to 5000 meters ⓘ
hasBiodiversity deep-sea invertebrates ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
pelagic fish ⓘ
plankton communities ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
hasBiogeographicRealm Atlantic biogeographic realm ⓘ
hasClimateInfluence subtropical climate ⓘ
temperate climate ⓘ
tropical climate ⓘ
hasCurrent Benguela Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
Brazil Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canary Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
Equatorial Countercurrent NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Atlantic Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Equatorial Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Equatorial Current NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEcosystemType deep-sea benthic ecosystem ⓘ
pelagic ecosystem ⓘ
hasFeature Mid-Atlantic Ridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
abyssal plain ⓘ
deep-sea trench ⓘ
fracture zone ⓘ
oceanic plateau ⓘ
open-ocean waters ⓘ
seamount ⓘ
hasGeologicalProcess plate tectonics ⓘ
seafloor spreading ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth greater than 6000 meters in some areas ⓘ
hasOceanFloorType basaltic crust ⓘ
oceanic crust ⓘ
hasResource fisheries resources ⓘ
potential seabed minerals ⓘ
hasWaterMass Antarctic Bottom Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antarctic Intermediate Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Water ⓘ
North Atlantic Deep Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectTo United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
international maritime law ⓘ
usedFor submarine cable routes ⓘ
transatlantic shipping routes ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Central Atlantic Ocean floor → locatedIn → Central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
North Atlantic plate boundary system → partOf → Central Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
this entity surface form: Atlantic Ocean basin