There is a tendency for the soils to occur in oceanic areas, where there is abundant rainfall throughout the year, winters are mild and summers relatively cool.

Its area, including all connecting seas and gulfs, is about 33,420,000 square miles (86,557,000 km2), almost 24 per cent of the world's oceanic area.

This is the continental margin, constituting about 28% of the total oceanic area.

The service is also being extended to cover some oceanic areas off the east coast of Canada and Greenland.

It rested not on the idea of achieving "command of the sea" but of dominating an oceanic area by a mixture of land, sea and air power.

Continental margins constitute about 28% of the oceanic area.

The main spawning season of Antarctic krill is from January to March, both above the continental shelf and also in the upper region of deep sea oceanic areas.

Subsidence is common in certain oceanic areas and may be related to the creation and collapse of mid-ocean rises (Stoddart, I 969).

It is more common in oceanic areas containing petroleum oil (whether from spills, natural fields, or other sources), although it can be found in small amounts in non-polluted water.

Once in six months a plane visits it, to re-establish boundary lines in the oceanic area.