As soon as you step onto Cancun Beach, the bright turquoise ocean opens up to your eyes. Therefore, I would like to separately describe how beautiful the Caribbean Sea is in Cancun. It seems to me that only in the Maldives can sea water be such a bright color. You stand on the shore and cannot believe that this is possible in nature!
Cancun beach. Photo from our hotel balcony
Another view from the balcony
Beach in Cancun
The color of the water of the Caribbean Sea captivates everyone! And after that, I think people become more picky about water if they fly to, for example, Bali on their next trip. The sand, the entry into the sea, the depth, purity and color of the water are all at the highest level.
The waves in Cancun on the Caribbean coast are not small, but the beauty that a person sees in front of him outshines these waves and you jump joyfully with happiness. You won't be able to swim, but jumping in the waves near the shore is also fun. Perhaps this is a seasonal phenomenon.
Photo: Cancun Beach
A glass to those traveling to Mexico to Cancun
Algae on Cancun Beach
There is algae almost all over the beach, which they do not have time to quickly remove. At first it was embarrassing and not very pleasant, but on the second day you accept it and don’t pay attention anymore. At our Oasis Cancun hotel, the perimeter of the beach is perfectly clean, the cleaners work tirelessly. In the mornings, algae is collected on a tractor.
Or maybe the contingent of people coming to Mexico is somewhat different, so in Cancun you won’t see bags, bottles, chips packages floating and rotting in the water, or other dirt; this is not the case here. Our impressions of this resort are described in detail in the article
All seas and oceans and rivers on Earth communicate with each other. The water surface level is the same everywhere.
But you rarely see such a border. This is the border between the seas.
And the most amazing mergers are truly those where there is a visible contrast, a clear boundary between seas or flowing rivers.
North Sea and Baltic Sea
The meeting point of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea near the city of Skagen, Denmark. Water does not mix due to different densities. Locals call it the end of the world.
Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea
The meeting point of the Mediterranean Sea and the Aegean Sea near the Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece.
Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
The meeting point of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean at the Strait of Gibraltar. Water does not mix due to differences in density and salinity.
Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Meeting point of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean in the Antilles region
The meeting place of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Eleuthera, Bahamas. On the left is the Caribbean Sea (turquoise water), on the right is the Atlantic Ocean (blue water).
Suriname River and Atlantic Ocean
Meeting point of the Suriname River and the Atlantic Ocean in South America
Uruguay and tributary (Argentina)
The confluence of the Uruguay River and its tributary in the province of Misiones, Argentina. One of them is cleared for agricultural needs, the other becomes almost red with clay during the rainy season.
Gega and Yupshara (Abkhazia)
The confluence of the Gega and Yupshara rivers in Abkhazia. Gega is blue, and Yupshara is brown.
Rio Negro and Solimões (cf. Amazon section) (Brazil)
The confluence of the Rio Negro and Solimões rivers in Brazil.
Six miles from Manaus in Brazil, the Rio Negro and Solimões rivers join but do not mix for 4 kilometers. Rio Negro has dark water, while Solimões has light water. This phenomenon is explained by differences in temperature and flow speed. The Rio Negro flows at a speed of 2 kilometers per hour and a temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, and the Solimoes at a speed of 4 to 6 kilometers and a temperature of 22 degrees Celsius.
Mosel and Rhine (Germany)
The confluence of the Moselle and Rhine rivers in Koblenz, Germany. The Rhine is lighter, the Moselle is darker.
Ilz, Danube and Inn (Germany)
The confluence of the three rivers Ilz, Danube and Inn in Passau, Germany.
Ilts is a small mountain river (in the 3rd photo in the lower left corner), the Danube in the middle and the light-colored Inn. Although the Inn is wider and fuller than the Danube at its confluence, it is considered a tributary.
Kura and Aragvi (Georgia)
The confluence of the Kura and Aragvi rivers in Mtskheta, Georgia.
Alaknanda and Bhagirathi (India)
The confluence of the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers in Devaprayag, India. Alaknanda is dark, Bhagirathi is light.
Irtysh and Ulba (Kazakhstan)
The confluence of the Irtysh and Ulba rivers in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan. The Irtysh is clean, the Ulba is muddy.
Thompson and Fraser (Canada)
Confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers, British Columbia, Canada. The Fraser River is fed by mountain waters and therefore has muddier water than the Thompson River that flows through the plains.
Jialing and Yangtze (China)
The confluence of the Jialing and Yangtze rivers in Chongqing, China. The Jialing River, on the right, stretches for 119 km. In the city of Chongqing it flows into the Yangtze River. The clear waters of Jialing meet the brown waters of the Yangtze.
Argut and Katun (Russia)
The confluence of the Argut and Katun rivers in the Ongudai region, Altai, Russia. Argut is muddy, and Katun is clean.
Oka and Volga (Russia)
The confluence of the Oka and Volga rivers in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. On the right is Oka (gray), on the left is Volga (blue).
Irtysh and Om (Russia)
The confluence of the Irtysh and Om rivers in Omsk, Russia. The Irtysh is muddy, the Om is transparent.
Cupid and Zeya (Russia)
The confluence of the Amur and Zeya rivers in Blagoveshchensk, Amur region, Russia. On the left is Cupid, on the right is Zeya.
Big Yenisei and Small Yenisei (Russia)
Confluence of the Greater Yenisei and the Lesser Yenisei near Kyzyl, Tyva Republic, Russia. On the left is the Big Yenisei, on the right is the Small Yenisei.
Irtysh and Tobol (Russia)
The confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol rivers near Tobolsk, Tyumen region, Russia. The Irtysh is light, muddy, the Tobol is dark, transparent.
Ardon and Tseydon (Russia)
The confluence of the Ardon and Tseydon rivers in North Ossetia, Russia. The muddy river is Ardon, and the light turquoise, clear river is Tseydon.
Katun and Koksa (Russia)
The confluence of the Katun and Koksa rivers near the village of Ust-Koksa, Altai, Russia. The Koksa River flows to the right, its water is dark in color. On the left is Katun, water with a greenish tint.
Katun and Akkem (Russia)
The confluence of the Katun and Akkem rivers in the Altai Republic, Russia. Katun is blue, Akkem is white.
Chuya and Katun (Russia)
The confluence of the Chuya and Katun rivers in the Ongudai region of the Altai Republic, Russia
The waters of the Chuya in this place (after the confluence with the Chaganuzun River) acquire an unusual cloudy white lead color and seem dense and thick. Katun is clean and turquoise. Combining together, they form a single two-color stream with a clear boundary, and for some time they flow without mixing.
Belaya and Kama (Russia)
The confluence of the Kama and Belaya rivers in Agidel, Bashkiria, Russia. The Belaya River is blue, and the Kama is greenish.
Chebdar and Bashkaus (Russia)
The confluence of the Chebdar and Bashkaus rivers near Mount Kaishkak, Altai, Russia.
Chebdar is blue, originates at an altitude of 2500 meters above sea level, flows through a deep gorge, where the height of the walls reaches 100 meters. The Bashkaus is greenish at the confluence.
Ilet and mineral spring (Russia)
The confluence of the Ilet River and a mineral spring in the Mari El Republic, Russia.
Green and Colorado (USA)
Confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA. Green is green and Colorado is brown. The beds of these rivers run through rocks of different composition, which is why the colors of the water are so contrasting.
Ohio and Mississippi (USA)
Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, USA. Mississippi is green and Ohio is brown. The waters of these rivers do not mix and have a clear boundary at a distance of almost 6 km.
Monongahela and Allegheny (USA)
The confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers joins the Ohio River in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA. At the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers they lose their names and become the new Ohio River.
White and Blue Nile (Sudan)
The confluence of the White Nile and Blue Nile rivers in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan.
Araks and Akhuryan (Türkiye)
The confluence of the Araks and Akhuryan rivers near Bagaran, on the Armenia-Türkiye border. On the right is Akhuryan (clean water), on the left is Araks (muddy water).
Rhone and Saone (France)
The confluence of the Saone and Rhone rivers in Lyon, France. The Rhone is blue, and its tributary the Saone is grey.
Drava and Danube (Croatia)
Confluence of the Drava and Danube rivers, Osijek, Croatia. On the right bank of the Drava River, 25 kilometers upstream from the confluence with the Danube, is the city of Osijek.
Rhone and Arv (Switzerland)
The confluence of the Rhone and Arve rivers in Geneva, Switzerland.
The river on the left is the transparent Rhône, which emerges from Lake Leman.
The river on the right is the muddy Arve, which is fed by many glaciers in the Chamonix valley.
How many oceans and seas are there in total?
It is not difficult to answer this - on Earth you can count 54 seas and 4 oceans, together forming the great World Ocean, which makes up approximately two-thirds of the entire surface of our planet.
What color is our ocean?
It is worth saying that the color of water is far from uniform, it is different in different parts of the ocean, each sea has its own shade, different from the others.
What does color depend on?
The color of the water changes with some indefinite frequency, it depends on various factors: the level of illumination, the depth of the sea, the transparency of the water layer, the color of the seabed and many others. In the distance, the sea harmonizes with the color of the sky. In rainy, gloomy weather it is gray, in sunny weather it is bright blue. When the Sun goes below the horizon at the end of the day, the color of the sea changes to golden. During various disturbances, the sea appears gray.
Scientists who study the depths of the seas believe that the seas got their names because of the color of the water. They claim that in the seas that are located in the tropical zone, the color of the water is dark blue, and sometimes even blue; in shelf seas, it is close to green, and in muddy coastal seas it acquires a tint of yellow.
Why is the Black Sea called black - yellow, the Red - red, and the White - white?
The Red Sea gets its color from the brown microscopic algae that periodically develop in it. But there is another version of the appearance of the name “Red Sea”. According to legend, in ancient times, sailors gave it this name due to the color of the rocks that surround it. The Red Sea is the clearest and saltiest of all seas. The crystal purity of this sea is due to the fact that not a single river flows into it, which could bring silt, sand or anything else into it and, thereby, cloud the sea waters. And although the sea is called red, the water in it has a beautiful azure color.
Black Sea got its name due to the fact that in gloomy weather the surface of the sea darkens under dark clouds. The steppe nomads who noticed this called it “ Kara-Deniz».
There is another equally plausible version about the origin of the name. Since ancient times it has been known that objects that have been in its mysterious depths turn black. Later it became known. This happens because in places where the depth reaches more than 200 meters, the water is enriched with hydrogen sulfide, which forms black salts, and they, in turn, settle on objects.
White Sea often called the sacred sea of the North, it is fraught with many mysteries and secrets in its depths. Most likely, the sea received its name because of the color of the snow-white snow and ice that covers it in the cold winter. There is an assumption that the White Sea with its coast is located on the territory where a mystical civilization, Hyperborea, may once have been located.
Yellow Sea got its name due to the fact that it periodically acquires the shade of clay, which is very abundant on the shore.
Is it possible to determine the color of the sea?
A device used to determine the color of seas, rivers and other bodies of water was invented at the end of the nineteenth century by the Swiss geographer Forel. Trout spent a very long time studying lakes. The device itself was a little inconvenient for working with sea water.
One of the most famous oceanographers, Ole, developed a scale that determined the color of water, consisting of twenty-two glass test tubes that were sealed with samples of solutions of various shades, from light aquamarine to reddish green. Ole improved the device, and nowadays it can be used to approximately determine the color of sea water.
The most amazing thing is that if you collect sea water in some shallow container, it will turn out to be transparent and will not have any color. It’s only in the sea or ocean that it will acquire its easily distinguishable shade.
One of the brightest seas is Caribbean. Its water changes color from deep turquoise to bright green.
You shouldn’t even try to answer the question, which sea is the bluest, because you will never be able to find a single general answer that will be true without dispute. After all, each sea has its own unique color with unique shades that make the color of the sea unforgettable.
– this is the sea that lives in our childhood memories or in warm dreams of beauty. And dreams... They must come true...
It would be great to rent a ship or yacht and sail across all the seas, comparing with your own eyes the blue of their waters. Although this can be done not immediately, but gradually. For example, one year you can have a wedding on a boat, another time you can have a corporate party on a boat, and a year later you can throw a banquet on a boat and get a lot of new impressions from it. But if it is not yet possible to sail the seas, then you can limit yourself to local bodies of water, for example, by ordering a ship in Moscow on the website: http://www.teploxodik.ru/, and also get a lot of positive emotions.
Agree, choosing the most beautiful sea on the planet is quite difficult. Each of them has its own characteristics and characteristics, and people, as a rule, give preference to one or another sea, based on their tastes and interests. However, some seas deserve special attention, since their beauty and uniqueness simply cannot fail to impress tourists.
Many travelers and beach lovers claim that, despite the fact that there are many seas in the world, none of them compares to the Red Sea. It is truly unique, because you simply will not find such a vibrant and diverse underwater world as here. It was in these places that the famous Jacques-Yves Cousteau shot a film called “The World of Silence”
The Red Sea is located in Egypt. It is interesting that the water in this sea really has a reddish tint. Why? This question still remains unanswered. Some researchers say that algae gives the water this color, while others suggest that the red color of the water is the result of reflections from nearby rocks in the water.
The Red Sea ecosystem has the ability to fully recover in record time. This is despite the fact that the Suez Canal, where oil tankers are located, is located in close proximity to it. That is why the Red Sea is not only the most beautiful and warmest in the world, but also the cleanest.
The Caribbean Sea is located in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean, or more precisely, between South and Central America. In the south, the Caribbean Sea is bordered by Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and in the west by Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Yucatan Peninsula, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. The total area of the sea is 2,754 square kilometers, thanks to which it is in 6th place in the ranking of the largest seas in the world.
The Caribbean Sea is very warm. Even in February, the average water temperature is 25 degrees. What can we say about August, when the water temperature usually exceeds 29 degrees. This sea delights not only with its landscapes, but also with the indescribable beauty of the underwater world. Sea turtles, sharks, humpback whales, manatees, seals, and flying fish are just some of the tropical fauna that live here. It’s not for nothing that tourists love to explore the depths of this beautiful sea.
The Mediterranean Sea is located between Asia and South Africa to the east, and Europe to the north. Its area is 2500 square kilometers. This sea is famous, first of all, for its special beauty and tranquility. It attracts millions of tourists due to its comfortable climate. In summer it is dry, hot and clear, and in winter it is humid and not very cool. However, what makes the Mediterranean Sea especially attractive is its fantastic landscapes and landscapes. The Italian and French Riviera, the coast of Naples, the shores of Lebanon and Greece, as well as the Adriatic coast of distant Croatia are incredibly popular.
“Sea, sea... Bottomless world!” - these words from a once popular song excite our imagination with romantic pictures of seascapes with blue distances, blue skies and turquoise waves. Somewhere in our souls our distant warm sea begins to rustle, echoing the rustling waves in summer sea fantasies...
According to the International Geographical Bureau, there are 4 oceans and 54 seas on Earth, which together form the World Ocean, which makes up two-thirds of the surface of the entire globe.
If you take sea water into your palm, it will turn out to be transparent, having no color at all. And only in the sea or ocean does it acquire its unique shade.
The color of sea water in the World Ocean is far from uniform, and it is different in different parts of the Earth, that is, each sea has a unique color shade, unique to it.
The first device for determining the color of reservoirs was invented at the end of the 19th century by the Swiss geographer Forel, who was studying lakes. The device was somewhat inconvenient for working with sea water.
The famous German oceanographer Ule developed a water color scale, consisting of a set of twenty-two glass sealed test tubes with samples of solutions of different shades, from light aquamarine to brownish green. Ole modified the device, improved it, and now with the help of this device it is possible to determine the color of sea water.
The color of sea water changes periodically, and this depends on many factors, primarily on lighting, depth, transparency, color of the seabed, the presence of gases and the quantitative density of microorganisms inhabiting the sea, as well as on phenomena such as glow and sea bloom.
Caribbean Sea
In the distance, the color of the sea is close to the color of the sky. In cloudy weather it is gray, in clear weather it is blue. When the Sun sets, the bright blue sea takes on a golden hue. During waves, the sea appears whitish.
Scientists studying the depths of the sea claim that many seas got their name due to the color of the water. They believe that in the warm seas of the tropical zone the color of the water is dark blue, and even blue; in the shelf seas it is greenish, and in the muddy coastal seas it has a yellowish tint.
Have you ever wondered why most seas are named after their colors? For example, Yellow, Black, Red, Blue..?
Why is the White Sea called white, the Black Sea black, the Red Sea red, and the Yellow Sea yellow?
White Sea- the sacred sea of the North, it is fraught with many unsolved secrets. The White Sea probably got its name from the color of the white snow and ice that covers it in winter. But there is another assumption, which is that the name “White” Sea received from the religious meaning of the sphere, that is, the heavenly one. Indeed, in semantics, white is a heavenly, divine color. There is a hypothesis that the White Sea and its coast are located on the territory of a once thriving mystical civilization - Hyperborea.
White Sea. Solovki.
Black Sea got its name because in cloudy weather the surface of the sea darkens under black clouds. The Turkic nomads, who noticed this, gave it the name “Kara-Deniz”.
There is another plausible assumption about the origin of the name of the Black Sea. It has been known since ancient times that all objects that have been in its mysterious depths turn black. And this happens because at a depth of more than 200 meters, sea water is saturated with hydrogen sulfide, which easily forms black salts.
Black Sea.
Red sea It has a red color due to brown microscopic algae that periodically develop in it. But there is another version regarding the name of the Red Sea. They say that in ancient times, sailors gave the sea the name “Red” because of the color of the rocks with which it is surrounded.
There is an ancient legend related to biblical events, which tells about the difficult transition of the Jews from Egypt to Israel through the Red Sea. Moses, who led the Jewish people, ordered the sea waters to part in the name of God. And before their eyes, the deep bottom of the sea opened up with rocks and mountain ranges, with gorges and depressions, during the passage through which a lot of people died, which was the reason for the name of the Red Sea.
The Red Sea, located between Asia and Africa, is where the desert meets the ocean and is one of the most exotic places on our planet.The Red Sea is also one of the most transparent and saltiest seas. Its crystal purity is explained by the fact that not a single river flows into it, which could bring silt and sand with it and, thereby, cloud the sea waters. And although the sea is called Red, its waters have a beautiful azure color.
Red sea
Yellow Sea- a semi-enclosed marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Asia west of the Korean Peninsula. The name comes from the color of the water caused by sediment from Chinese rivers and dust storms. In spring, yellow dust storms are so strong that ships have to stop moving.
The Yellow Sea forms the West Korean, Liaodong and Bohai Gulfs. The coastline is generally calm, composed of alluvial deposits. There are convenient harbors on the coast of the Liaodong and Shandong Peninsulas. The Yellow Sea itself is shallow, especially in the western part, where the Yellow River flows into it, carrying a huge amount of silt and eroded loess (hence the names: Yellow River - Yellow River, Huanghai - Yellow Sea).
Yellow Sea
Which seas have the greenest water color?
There are amazingly beautiful seas on Earth with eye-catching fairy-tale shades. These sea “beauties” include Sargasso Sea.
The Sargasso Sea has a bright greenish tint due to the accumulation of green algae on its surface, which form entire islands, roads, and even fields. And the sailors who found themselves in this area of the ocean for the first time mistakenly took it for land.
Sargasso Sea
One of the brightest tropical seas is Caribbean Sea. Its water shines from deep turquoise to bright emerald shades.
Caribbean Sea. St. Martin Island
Sea of Azov also has a greenish tint, especially during the plankton development season. And during the storm season, the sea takes on a color from yellow-green to yellow-brown due to changes in water transparency. The sea begins to become cloudy because the bottom silt periodically becomes agitated and the river flow of turbid waters increases.
Sea of Azov
And if you try to answer the question, which sea is the bluest, it is unlikely that you will come to one single true answer. After all, each sea has its own unique color from the blue range with unique shades of turquoise, aquamarine or emerald.
The bluest sea is the sea that lives in our joyful memories or sweet dreams of beauty. And dreams certainly come true...
The very best...
The deepest sea in the world is the Philippine Sea, whose area is more than 5.7 million km2. The greatest depth here reaches 10265 m.And the shallowest is the Yellow Sea, where the depth does not exceed 100 m.
The largest surface area is occupied by the waters of the Sargasso Sea - about 7 million km2. The White Sea is the smallest among the ocean seas. The area of its water surface is only 90 thousand km2.
The Red Sea is the warmest and saltiest sea on the planet. The strongest evaporation of sea water occurs from its surface compared to other seas. It is curious that not a single river flows into this open sea. Maybe for this reason, the Red Sea holds the lead among the most polluted seas in the world.
The record for the transparency of sea water on the planet was recorded off the coast of Antarctica, in the Weddell Sea. Here the water is the purest, almost like distilled water. The white object, lowered to a depth of 79 m, remains visible to the naked eye.Among the seas that wash other parts of the world, the clearest water is in the Mediterranean Sea. The contours of a white object differ in it at a depth of 53 m. Extremely clear water in the ocean expanses of the planet was discovered in 1987 in the eastern part of the Guiana Basin in the thickness of the Atlantic at a depth of 4 km.
And the saltiest sea water is at a depth of 150 m in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of the American state of Louisiana. In this pit with an area of 24 km by 15 km, its salinity is approximately 10 times higher than the average salinity of sea water.
The highest gold content in sea water was recorded in the Baltic Sea. There is 3 times more precious metal here than in the waters of the North Sea, and 5 times more than in the Black Sea. The average gold content in seawater is 0.000004 g/t.
The largest model of part of the planet's aquatic environment was built in 1971 in Japan. It reproduces in detail the Inland Sea of Japan. The dimensions of the model are 230 m by 100 m. The model serves as a testing ground for the implementation of planned ocean development projects and various environmental measures.
In ancient times, the Baltic Sea was called the Amber Sea because of the abundance of amber in it.
Researchers of the Caspian Sea note that this sea had the largest number of names - about 70 names: Avar, Vostochnoe, Chirkan, Khvalynskoe and others, which reflected the history and geography of its coasts. The name of the Caspian Sea is associated with the name of the Caspian tribe, who lived on its shores in ancient times.
Interesting:
Poets, artists, novelists sang the ninth wave as the largest among the raging waves. But in reality there is no ninth shaft. It is easy to verify this by counting the number of intermediate waves between the two largest ones from the side of the ship or from the shore. The biggest wave can be any one. But where did the name “ninth wave” come from? It arose in ancient times from the mythological idea of nine as a sacred number.
