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Why Atlantic and Pacific Oceans’ Don’t Mix



The #atlantic and #pacific Oceans do not mix due to differences in salinity, temperature, and density of water in these two oceans. The Atlantic Ocean is saltier and denser than the Pacific Ocean, creating a rough margin along its waters called Halocline. This difference in salinity prevents the two oceans from mixing, even though the water from the two oceans does mix but at a much slower rate.

The mix of water from the two oceans is also hindered by differences in water density, caused by variations in temperature and salinity, resulting in a phenomenon known as thermohaline circulation. Additionally, the difference in the density between the water from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is not significant enough for one to sink and the other to rise, which further prevents the mix.

In conclusion, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans don’t mix due to differences in their chemical properties that cause them to behave differently. The main factors that prevent the mix of the two oceans are differences in salinity, temperature, and density of water in the two oceans, resulting in a phenomenon called thermohaline circulation.

23 Comments

  1. i used to imagine this as like stepping into the other side of the world because i thought it was possible

  2. This is just sediments from the river that fall into "blue" ocean and later get consumed by microorganisms to turn it into salt. Yea, just salt

  3. It's mentioned in the Holy Quran 1500 Years ago when there was no research regarding this… All thanks to Almighty Allah & Islam is the true religion by Allah, no one makes this religion except Allah tala…

  4. {وَهُوَ الَّذي مَرَجَ البَحرَينِ هذا عَذبٌ فُراتٌ وَهذا مِلحٌ أُجاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَينَهُما بَرزَخًا وَحِجرًا مَحجورًا}

    (53) And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas [i.e., bodies of water], one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition.

    [الفرقان – آية ٥٣]

  5. You are showing 3 types of water dark blue,green and muddy yellow. Dark blue is Pacific ocean but green and muddy yellow are which one?

  6. He has left the two seas (the salt water and the sweet) meeting together between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress[Ar-Rahmaan 55:19-20
    ترك البحرين المتلاقيين بينهما برزخ لا يبغيه أحد [الرحمن 55: 19-20]

  7. Having actually seen where the two oceans meet in Panama, does not look anything like this. Just looks like a whirlpool. Something very spooky about it though.

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