Arabian bay and Sea of Bengal!! Nope, that does not sound right.

Water, one of the essentials for existence of any life form on planet, is available to us as a gift of nature in many forms. We have various water bodies that cover more than two thirds of our planet. Let us talk about some of these water bodies and how to identify them.

Ocean :  The largest of all the water bodies on planet, oceans are salty and cover 71 percent of earth’s surface.

Sea : It is a large water body of saline water which is usually connected to an ocean. However, there are few large (really very large) salt water lakes, like Dead sea and Caspian sea, which are surrounded by land from all sides but still referred as sea.

Bay :  Bay is a water body that is surrounded by land from three sides. On the fourth side is usually a bigger water body like an ocean.

Gulf : A larger bay.

Moat : A deep trench like structure which surrounds an establishment like a city or a fort.

                               

A Moat

Lagoon : A shallow body of salt water close to sea but separated by a shallow sand bed.

Fjord : Also spelled as 'Fiord', it is a long, narrow inlet of sea between the high cliffs. These are generally formed by submergence of a glaciated valley. Listen how to say 'Fjord' .

Fjord

There are many more categorizations of water bodies. Let us know in comments if you are interested in a particular one.

Nerd Note : the Dead sea has large content of salt in the water making it impossible for any lifeforms to develop. Thus the name, Dead Sea. Also, the salt increases the density of water so much that humans can float on the surface of Dead Sea without any efforts.

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