Strange ocean geography

Chapter 1

The shoreless Sargasso Sea

View / Create

Answer

Chapter 2

The abyss of the Mariana Trench

View / Create

Answer

Chapter 3

Extreme adaptations of ocean life

View / Create

Answer

Chapter 4

Humans and the ocean extremes

View / Create

Answer

YOUR GOAL

Master of Strange ocean geography

Ch 1 · The shoreless Sargasso Sea

misslily A sea without a shore— (no land in sight!) / Just four currents spinning— (day and night!)

The mysterious eel migration

misslily The mysterious eel migration

Fun Fact

Sargasso berries: Portuguese sailors named the sea after sargação, a grape-like weed with air bladders that resemble berries.

The golden floating forest

misslily The golden floating forest

Glossary

sargassum (noun)
A type of brown seaweed characterized by berrylike air bladders that help it float. In 1492, Christopher Columbus first documented this floating vegetation while crossing the North Atlantic.

Quiz

Where is the Sargasso Sea located?

Gossip

Which ocean mystery is most fascinating?

Quiz

How does Sargassum seaweed reproduce?

Quiz

What is the main physical characteristic of the water inside the Sargasso Sea gyre?

Quiz

Which ocean current forms the western boundary of the Sargasso Sea?

Quiz

What makes the Sargasso Sea unique compared to all other seas?

Quiz

What is Sargassum?

Quiz

Which animal migrates thousands of miles to spawn in the Sargasso Sea?

Quiz

What windless region of the Sargasso Sea historically stranded sailing ships?