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Welcome, this is our page on the Open Ocean Biome Michael T.& Avery F. __Locations__ The Ocean covers about 73% of the world. some locations are in the Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Indian Ocean.It stretches from the coast to the middle of the ocean.

__ Zones & Temperature __ As you go to lower depths of the Open Ocean it gets colder.The Hadopelagic zone is the is at the lowest depths of the Open ocean laying lower than 6,000m below sea level, in this zone water temperature is just above freezing. Above the Hadopeligic zone is the Abyssopelagic zone, this zone is at depths from 4,000m to 6,000m below sea level. the temperature in this zone is near freezing around 4 degrees celcius. The Bathypelagic zone is just below the Mesopelagic zone it is at depths from 1,000m to 4,000m below sea level, in this zone the temperature ranges from 10 to 4 degreees celcius. The zone above the Bathypelagic zone is the Mesopolagic zone at depths of 200m to 1,000m below sea level, in this zone the temperature is 12 to 10 degrees celcius. The surface of the Open Ocean is the Epipelagic zone it is located from 0m to 200m below sea level. In this zone the temperature ranges from 17 to 12 degrees celcius.

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