The average depth of the Arctic ocean, the bottom topography and climate

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The Smallest representative of the earth's oceans-the Arctic. It covered the territory of the North pole and borders on different sides of continents. The average depth of the Arctic ocean is 1225 meters. He is the most shallow of the ocean.

the average depth of the Arctic ocean

Situation

Lying within the Arctic circle the reservoir of cold water and ice washes the shores of the continents of the hemisphere and Greenland in the North. The average depth of the Arctic ocean is rather low, but the water in it is very cold. Surface area – 14 750 000 square kilometers, the volume – 18 070 000 cubic kilometers. The average depth of the Arctic ocean in meters – 1225, while the deepest point is located in 5527 metres below the surface. This point belongs to the basin of the Greenland sea.

average and maximum depth of the Arctic ocean

The bottom

What is the average and greatest depth of the Arctic ocean, scientists have learned quite a long time, but on the bottom until the war years 1939-1945 almost nothing was known. Over the past decade has collected a wealth of information thanks to expeditions in submarines and icebreakers. In the structure of the DNA isolated Central depression, around which is located the marginal seas.

Almost half of the area of the ocean occupied by the shelf. In the Russian territory, he stretched up to 1300 km from the earth. Near the European coast shelf is much deeper and much indented. There are suggestions that it happened under the influence of the Pleistocene glaciers. The center is an oval basin, the greatest depth, which are separated by the Lomonosov ridge, discovered and partially explored in the postwar years. Between the Eurasian shelf and the specified ridge lies a depression the depth of which is 4 to 6 km on the other side of the ridge lie the second hollow whose depth is 3400 m.

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With the Pacific ocean, the Arctic is connected to the Bering Strait, the boundary with the Atlantic runs through the Norwegian sea. The structure of the bottom shall be obliged to the wide development of offshore and underwater mainland region. This explains the extremely low average depth of the Arctic ocean – more than 40% of the area is not deeper than 200 m. the Rest is the shelf.

Maksimalna and the average depth of the Arctic ocean

Natural conditions

The climate of the ocean is determined by its position. The severity of the climate is compounded by the large amount of ice – in the Central part of the basin a thick layer does not melt ever.

Year-Round over the Arctic are developing cyclones. High active primarily in winter, whereas in summer it moves to the junction with the Pacific ocean. Cyclones rampaging in the territory of the summer. Thanks to such changes, over the polar ice cap is clearly evident in the variations of atmospheric pressure. Winter lasts from November to April, summer-June to August. In addition to originated over the ocean, cyclones frequently walk the cyclones, who came from outside.

The winds on the pole is heterogeneous, but the speed above 15 m/s is practically nonexistent. The winds over the Arctic ocean, mostly have a speed of 3-7 m/s.
The Average winter temperature-from +4 to -40 in the summer – 0 to +10 degrees Celsius.

Low clouds has a certain periodicity during the year. In summer, the probability of occurrence of low clouds reaches 90-95% in winter – 40-50%. Clear sky is more typical for the cold season. In summer, frequent fog, sometimes they don't go up to a week.

Precipitation characteristic of this region, – snow. Rains practically do not happen, and if they go, often with snow. Every year in the Arctic basin falls 80-250 mm, in the area of the North of Europe – slightly more. Snow depth is small, distributed unevenly. In the warmer months the snow is actively melting, sometimes goes away completely.

In the Central region the climate is milder than on the outskirts (near the coast of the Asian part of Eurasia and North America). The waters penetrate the warm currents of the Atlantic, that form the atmosphere over all oceans.

the average depth of the Arctic ocean in meters

Flora and fauna

The Average depth of the Arctic ocean are sufficient for the emergence of a large number of different organisms in it thicker. In the Atlantic part you can discover a diverse number of fish, such as cod, sea bass, herring, haddock, saithe. In the ocean there are whales, mainly bowhead and striped.

In most parts of the Arctic there are no trees, although in the North of Russia and the Scandinavian Peninsula grow spruce, pine and even birch. The vegetation of tundra is represented by grasses, lichens, several species of birches, sedges, dwarf willows. The summer is short, but winter comes a huge stream of solar radiation in order to stimulate the growth and development of the flora. The soil may warm up in the upper layers up to 20 degrees, increasing the temperature of the low layers of air.

The peculiarity of the fauna of the Arctic – the limited types with the abundance of representatives of each of them. The Arctic-home to polar bears, Arctic foxes, snowy owls, hares, Raven, tundra partridges, and lemmings. In the seas splashing herds of walruses, narwhals, seals andwhales.

Not only average and maximum depth of the Arctic ocean determines the number of animals and plants towards the middle of the ocean decreases the density and abundance of species living in the area.


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