Q. Arrange the following marginal seas from North to South:
Arafura Sea
Beaufort Sea
Black Sea
Bering Sea
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below: Answer:
2, 4, 3, 1
Notes:
The Arafura Sea is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean located between Australia and New Guinea. The sea connects to the Coral Sea through the Torres Strait.
The Beaufort Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska, and west of Canada's Arctic islands. The sea is named after Sir Francis Beaufort, a hydrographer.
The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia. It lies to the east of the Balkans in Southeast Europe, south of the East European Plain in Eastern Europe; and north of Anatolia and west of the Caucasus, both in Western Asia.
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: Asia and The Americas.