[DOC] [TLE] Pacific Ocean - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from 
the Arctic ... Though the peoples of Asia and Oceania have travelled the Pacific 
Ocean since ... The ocean was often called the Sea of Magellan in his honor until 
the ... The Manila galleons operated for two and a half centuries linking Manila 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Atlantic Ocean | Britannica.com [PAR] Nov 21, 2014 ... It is second in size only to the Pacific Ocean. ... The area of the Atlantic without its 
dependent seas is approximately 31,830,000 ... Although not the largest of the 
world's oceans, the Atlantic has by far the largest drainage area. ..... of heat by 
evaporative losses into the cold, dry air is about three times larger. [DOC] [TLE] Geography of the Ocean and the Structure of Planet Ocean ... [PAR] The five oceans from smallest to largest are: the Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic 
... Marine life is thought to be relatively scarce in the cold waters of the Arctic 
Ocean ... no name for the area and regard the area as parts of the Atlantic, Pacific
, and .... Water drains into the Atlantic from a land area four times the size of both 
the... [DOC] [TLE] World's Biggest Oceans & Seas | Pacific & Atlantic Oceans [PAR] Jun 4, 2010 ... Oceans and seas make up 70 percent of the Earth's surface, though some of 
these ... By Remy Melina | June 4, 2010 04:52pm ET ... total ocean area have 
their own unique characteristics and range in size from the sprawling .... Holding 
more than half of the Earth's open water supply, the Pacific Ocean was... [DOC] [TLE] Streams and Drainage Systems - Tulane University [PAR] Nov 2, 2015 ... Drainage basins can range in size from a few km2, for small streams, to 
extremely large areas, such as the Mississippi River drainage basin which ... 
west of the Rocky Mountains that empty into the Pacific Ocean. ... its channel 
shape and path as the amount of water passing through the channel changes. [DOC] [TLE] Drain the Oceans - What If? - xkcd [PAR] How quickly would the ocean's drain if a circular portal 10 meters in radius 
leading ... It would actually take hundreds of thousands of years for the ocean to 
drain. Even though the opening is wider than a basketball court, and the water is 
forced ... (It's the same reason you don't get a whirlpool in the bathtub until the 
water is... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon Facts | Project Amazonas [PAR] The average discharge of water into the Atlantic Ocean by the Amazon is ... This 
discharge is 4-5 times that of the Congo River (the second largest in ocean 
discharge), ... 300 feet) deep and 14 kilometers (~9 miles) wide near its mouth at 
Manaus, ... Up to half of the rainfall in some areas may never reach the ground, 
being... [DOC] [TLE] Climate of California | Western Regional Climate Center [PAR] The State of California extends along the shore of the Pacific Ocean between ... 
the area work their way westward through deep canyons to the Pacific Ocean. ... 
of considerable sizealong with a host of lesser creeks that drain small 
watersheds. .... In the Bay area, for example, the average maximum temperature 
in July is... [DOC] [TLE] ocean - National Geographic Society [PAR] Jan 21, 2011 ... Polynesian people navigated a region of the Pacific Ocean now .... phytoplankton 
are responsible for almost half the oxygen released into the ... Currents are 
streams of water running through a larger body of water. .... It's about twice the 
size of Texas and probably contains about 100 ..... storm drain, Noun. [DOC] [TLE] Asia: Physical Geography - National Geographic Society [PAR] Jan 4, 2012 ... Asia is bordered by the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. ... plateau covers an 
area about half the size of the contiguous United ... It holds roughly half as much 
sand as Africa's Sahara desert, even though it is 15 times smaller in size. ... It 
drains one-fifth of the country's land area, is home

Question: Though this ocean is half the size of the Pacific, its drainage area is 4 times as large
Answer: Atlantic Ocean