Earth's oceanshave topographic featuresĭespite the post's claim, oceans have topography in the same way as land, according to NASA. Antarctica is a continent in the southern hemisphere completely surrounded by oceans. The oceans have topographic features and are held onto Earth by gravity. The post was shared more than 80 times in a day.įollow us on Facebook! Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Our rating: False The caption goes on to claim that this container is Antarctica, which forms a 360-degree circle around the Earth.
Every huge body of water needs to be contained from all sides." "The ocean has no elevation features to its surface hence why we have SEA-LEVEL," reads part of the caption in the April 20 post ( direct link, archive link). "The only way to establish a level is to contain the water from all sides first.
Watch Video: Climate change: Ocean temperatures hit an all-time high The claim: Earth's oceans have no 'elevation features' and are in a 'container'Ī Facebook post shows an image of a string of islands in a calm expanse of ocean alongside a diagram of different topographic features found on the ocean floor.
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