Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

Geographic Locations > Oceans and Seas
Physical Phenomena > Geological Phenomena > Oceans and Seas
Environment and Public Health > Environment > Saline Waters > Seawater > Oceans and Seas
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Saline Waters > Seawater > Oceans and Seas

Preferred term

Oceans and Seas  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Seas and Oceans

Note

  • for specific oceans or seas that are not a main heading, index only under OCEANS AND SEAS and not also under a geographic term

Scope note

  • A great expanse of continuous bodies of salt water which together cover more than 70 percent of the earth's surface. Seas may be partially or entirely enclosed by land, and are smaller than the five oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic).

History note

  • 87

In other languages

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009792

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 4/2/86, last modified 6/22/15