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A body which is made up predominantly of water, e.g. rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.
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Estuary | Estuary is the subclass of BodyOfWater that represents WaterAreas where a sea or ocean Tide meets a River current. |
| | ExclusiveFishingZone | ExclusiveFishingZone is the subclass of MaritimeClaimArea including offshore areas over which a nation claims exclusive jurisdiction only for fishing purposes (cf. MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone). Zone widths vary up to 200 miles (NM). |
| | ExtendedFishingZone | ExtendedFishingZone is the subclass of MaritimeClaimArea that includes offshore areas over which a nation claims fishing rights, beyond that nation's ExclusiveFishingZone. Zone widths vary, from as little as 12 miles (NM) up to a width of 200 miles (NM). |
| | Gulf | Gulf is the class of extensions of a Sea or Ocean that reach into a land mass or are partially enclosed by a LandArea. A Gulf is typically larger than a Bay. |
| | MaritimeContiguousZone | MaritimeContiguousZone is the subclass of MaritimeClaimArea that includes areas over which a geopolitical state may exercise some control of activities beyond the 12-mile zone of its TerritorialSea. In general, the authorized control is for preventing or punishing activities that would violate laws applying within the 12-mile zone (that is, authorization to chase and intercept). According to the LawOfTheSea, a MaritimeContiguousZone may extend up to 24 nautical miles from the coast. |
| | MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone | MaritimeExclusiveEconomicZone is the subclass of MaritimeClaimArea that represents the offshore area that coastal nations can claim for fishing and other uses of the ocean water and seabed found there. |
| | Ocean | Ocean is the class containing the oceans that are the major subdivisions of the WorldOcean. According to the International Hydrographic Association, there are five oceans: the AtlanticOcean, PacificOcean, IndianOcean, SouthernOcean, and ArcticOcean. Note: The largest oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific, are subdivided into Northern and Southern regions, but those regions are not separate Oceans. |
| | SaltLake | SaltLake is the class of landlocked bodies of salt water, including those referred to as 'Seas', e.g., the CaspianSea. But note that the MediterraneanSea is a Sea. |
| | Sea | Sea is the class of smaller subdivisions of the WorldOcean, typically partially surrounded by land. However, for inland salt water bodies that are sometimes called 'Sea', see SaltLake. |
| | TerritorialSea | TerritorialSea is the class of contiguous waters over which a GeopoliticalArea claims jurisdiction in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the LawOfTheSea (LOS), Part II. A territorial sea may be up to 12 miles (NauticalMiles) in breadth. A subclass of MaritimeClaimArea. |
| | Tide | A Tide is a vertical movement of the water level in a BodyOfWater due to the gravitational attraction between Earth and the moon. Tides are diurnally recurrent events. In most regions with tides, every day there are two high tides and two low tides. MixedTide represents a process in which the tides at either extreme are unequal. |
| Instances | GulfOfAden | |
| | GulfOfGuinea | The GulfOfGuinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia.[Wikipedia] |
| | GulfOfLion | The GulfOfLion is a wide embayment of the Mediterranean coastline of Catalonia in Spain with Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence in France, extending from Begur in the west to Toulon in the east.[Wikipedia] |
| | GulfOfMexico | |
| | GulfOfOman | |
| | NorthAtlanticOcean | NorthAtlanticOcean denotes the northern geographicSubregion of the AtlanticOcean. |
| | NorthPacificOcean | NorthPacificOcean denotes the northern geographicSubregion of the PacificOcean. |
| | NortheasternPacificOcean | NortheasternPacificOcean denotes the northeastern geographicSubregion of the NorthPacificOcean. |
| | NorthwesternPacificOcean | NorthwesternPacificOcean denotes the northwestern geographicSubregion of the NorthPacificOcean. |
| | NullIsland | NullIsland Null Island is the location at zero degrees latitude and zero degrees longitude (0°N 0°E), i.e., where the prime meridian and the equator intersect. Since there is no landmass located at these coordinates, it is not an actual island. The name is often used in mapping software as a placeholder to help find and correct database entries that have erroneously been assigned the coordinates 0,0. The point on the Earth's surface defined as Null Island is located in international waters in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 600 kilometres (320 nmi) off the coast of West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea. A weather buoy, named the Soul buoy after the soul music genre, was moored at the location.[Wikipedia] |
| | PersianGulf | |
| | SouthAtlanticOcean | SouthAtlanticOcean denotes the southern geographicSubregion of the AtlanticOcean. |
| | SouthPacificOcean | SouthPacificOcean denotes the southern geographicSubregion of the PacificOcean. |
| | StraitOfGibraltar | StraitOfGibraltar is a narrow Strait that connects the AtlanticOcean to the MediterraneanSea and separates Europe from Africa. The two continents are separated by 7.7 nautical miles (14.2 kilometers, 8.9 miles) at its narrowest point.The strait lies in the territorial waters of Morocco, Spain, and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.[Wikipedia] |
| | StraitOfHormuz | |
| | WorldOcean | The WorldOcean is the collective mass of sea water that covers 70% of the surface of PlanetEarth, surrounding all of its dry land areas. Earth's individual Oceans are parts of the WorldOcean. |