MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

Presented by: Rechelle B. Galoso

Presented to: Ms. Jelen L. Dolosa

WATER FORMS

WATER

•covers three quarters(3/4) of the earth’s surface.

•it is important and practically all-pervasive element in man’s habitat.

EARTH’S BODIES OF WATER

Oceans Lakes Rivers

Seas Bays

OCEANS

•Largest bodies of water on earth.

•There are five interconnected oceans which cover 70.8 percent of the water on the earth’s surface, namely Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, and Arctic.

PACIFIC OCEAN

•The largest ocean in the world which stretches over almost one-third of the earth’s surface.

ATLANTIC OCEAN

•One-half the size of the Pacific.

•Most of the world’s goods are shipped across the Atlantic waters.

INDIAN OCEAN

•Touches Africa on the west.

•Asia on the north.

•Australia and Indonesia on the east.

ARCTIC OCEAN

•Stretches over the top of the Northern Hemisphere.

ANTARCTIC OCEAN

•Surrounds the ice cap of Antarctica on the South Pole.

THE SEAS

•A large body of water almost completely surrounded by land.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

•One of the most important seas which lies between Africa and Eurasia.

•It is one of the chief waterways of the world.

GULF AND BAYS

•A bay is a part of a lake or an ocean which creates a semi-circular indentation along the shore.

•Its water is quiet and free from strong currents and makes a natural harbor.

•A gulf is a large bay.

BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA

LAKES•Completely encircled by land.

• It coast is called shores.

•Most lakes have fresh water, but a few lakes are salty.

•Some lakes are very small but others are so large that they are like inland seas.

•The Caspian sea is an example of a lake with salty water.

RIVERS

• Formed by rainfall and melting snow.

• They begin as small streams, or water running downhill, which join forces with other streams to become a river.

•A river is always flows from higher to lower land.

• There are types of rivers, the source, mouth, current and tributaries.

THE SOURCE

THE MOUTH

THE CURRENT

TRIBUTARIES

STRAIT AND CANAL

•The narrow body of water that connects two large bodies of water is called strait.

•A man-made strait is called a canal.

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR

•Connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea

SUEZ CANAL

•Connects the Mediterranean and the Red sea.

PANAMA CANAL

•Connects the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean through the narrow country of Panama.

INLAND CANAL

•Found in Western Europe,

•Used to ship farm and factory goods to nearby town or sea ports.

WORLD’S LONGEST RIVER

•Nile, Africa

•Amazon, S. America

• Yangze, Asia

•Mississippi-Missouri, N. America

•Ob-Irtysh, Asia

•Huang-Ho, Asia(yellow river)

• Zaire, Africa

• Parana, S. America

•Amur, Asia

• Lena, Asia

THINK PIECE #

•Discuss about Water Forms.

THANK YOU………AND GOD BLESS……