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Sea and ocean

Oceanography

Updated on 06/09/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Study of the marine environment and ocean floor.
Source
according to the National Centre for Textual and Lexical Resour

International waters

Updated on 06/09/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Maritime space not belonging to a particular State. As such, it is not subject to any national jurisdiction and belongs to the international community. International waters account for two-thirds of the Earth's oceanic surface.
Source
according to IFREMER

Seawater

Updated on 06/09/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Water from oceans and seas, characterised by having higher salinity and density than freshwater.
Source
according to the Adour-Garonne Water Agency

Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Updated on 25/02/2019
Définition
Sens technique
Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common framework and objectives for the protection and conservation of the marine environment by 2020. Member States shall assess the needs in the marine areas under their jurisdiction and develop their own strategies to achieve good ecological status of marine waters for which they are responsible. These strategies are designed to ensure the protection and restoration of European marine ecosystems and the ecological sustainability of economic activities linked to the marine environment.
Source
According to the European Commission

Marine current

Updated on 27/02/2019
Définition
Sens commun

Movement of an oceanic water body.

Source
d'après IFREMER

Ocean

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
According to the hydrological meaning, a thin water layer that covers part of the Earth. In the geophysical sense, it means the areas where this water layer of several kilometres thick covers grounds where the crust is composed of basalt or related materials and not of continental materials (granites, etc). Therefore shelf seas or epicontinental seas are not part of the ocean in the geophysical sense.
Source
According to Ifremer

Sea

Updated on 19/06/2018
Définition
Sens commun
All salt waters covering the submerged part of the Earth. Is opposite to earth. The enclosed inland bodies of water, even salted (Caspian Sea, Dead Sea, Aral Sea), despite their name, are not considered as belonging to the sea.
Source
According to the International Hydrographic Organization

Territorial sea

Updated on 27/02/2019
Définition
Sens commun

Sovereign base area of ​​a coastal tate of 12 miles width (at most) from its baselines.

Source
d'après Organisation Hydrographique Internationale

Baseline

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Along the borders of a maritime State, it designates the broken line, defined by the Government, joining together the most advanced land areas. The limits of territorial waters (6 miles), the exclusive fishing zone (12 miles) and the Exclusive Economic Zone - EEZ (200 miles) are plotted from this line.
Source
According to Ifremer