Fun facts about Bering Sea
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The Bering Sea contains 16 submarine canyons, including the largest submarine canyon in the world, Zhemchug Canyon.
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The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and the Americas. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves.
From the “Geography” section
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The Bering Sea is home to the rarest whale in the world, the North Pacific right whale.
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The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and the Americas. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves.
From the “Biodiversity” section
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Two species, the Steller's sea cow and the spectacled cormorant, are extinct due to overexploitation by humans.
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The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and the Americas. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves.
From the “Biodiversity” section
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The Bering Sea is world-renowned for its productive fisheries, including king crab and Bristol Bay salmon.
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The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and the Americas. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves.
From the “Fisheries” section
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The film Harbinger Down features a group of grad students studying the effects of global warming on beluga whales in the Bering Sea.
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The Bering Sea is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean. It forms, along with the Bering Strait, the divide between the two largest landmasses on Earth: Eurasia and the Americas. It comprises a deep water basin, which then rises through a narrow slope into the shallower water above the continental shelves.
From the “In media” section
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