Aquatic Oceans the vast body of salt water

Aquatic

Oceans the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.

Location The four locations of the oceans are the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Artic.

Rainfall Under water so it has no rainfall.

Temperature The ocean is very deep so it has different layers that are different temperatures. Surface (depending on latitude) varies from 2 -36 degrees Celsius normally about 17 degrees Celsius. Water under thermo cline is considered the deep ocean and is a lot colder ranging 0 -3 degrees Celsius.

Plants There about 2 million species and the number grows by hundreds each year. A few plants species include: Kelp Seaweed(phytoplankton ) Sea grass Red Algae Coralline Algae Coral Algae.

Animals A few animals species include: Anemone, Barnacles, Barracuda, Conchs, Blue Crab, Green Crab, Horseshoe Crab, Bottlenose Dolphins, Electric Eel, Jellyfish, Lobsters, Manatees, Squid, Sea Turtle, Urchin (Sea), Baleen Whales, Blue Whales, Humpback Whales, Killer Whales, and 20, 000 species of fish.

Ocean food web

Rivers A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another stream.

Locations There are 165 major rivers. Nile, Amazon, Yangtze Yellow River Mississippi Parana

Rainfall Under water so no rainfall.

Temperature Average temperature of rivers depend on location and speed. An example is the Nile river and it is about 22 degrees Celsius.

Plants species in rivers include: Plankton Algaes lilies bladder wort water cress water moss

Animals Platypus Water rat freshwater herring largemouth bass spotted bass longear sunfish warmouth spotted sunfish shadow bass

River Food Web