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=__Welcome to the Open Ocean Home Page!__ //Created by Christine R. and Lauren B.// =


  = __Location__ = The open ocean, is part of the marine biome, and is found all over the world. Most likely, wherever there is an ocean, there will also be an open ocean zone. In the Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean, there is a large amount of this biome. It stretches from where the nereitic zones end, to anywhere that there is a deep-sea zone.The open ocean reaches from beyond coastal cliffs to the middle of the ocean. 

Temperature
There are 5 noticeable seasons in the open ocean biome. In the southern hemisphere, the warmest season is December, then May, then August, then September, and the coldest is October. In December, the temperature is 8.9 degrees Celsius o​n the surface. As you go down, the temperature decreases. The surface temperature in May is 8.6 degrees Celsius. The surface temperature in August is 8.0 degrees Celsius. September’s surface temperature is 6.8 degrees Celsius. October’s surface temperature is also 6.8, but it becomes colder much faster as you go deeper. However, if you are in the northern hemisphere, June is your warmest seasnon, and April is your coldest season. 

__ Ocean Layers __
Water levels are subdivided into 5 zones by water depth and distance from shore. One distinct zone is the epipelagic zone. It ranges from the sea surface to 200 meters. Enough light reaches this area for photosynthesis. Another zone is the mesopelagic zone, lying beneath the epipalagic zone and extending to 1000 meters. The next zone is the bathypelagic. It is between 1,000 and 4,000 meters. The abyssalpelagic zone extends from a water depth of 4,000 to 6,000 meters. The deepest zone is the hadalpelagic zone, which is deeper than 6,00 meters, found in deep sea trenches.



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