This term, in its largest sense, is the whole body of salt water which encompasses the globe, except the collection of inland seas, lakes, and rivers: in a word, that glorious type of omnipotent power, whether in calm or tempest:
"Dark, heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime,
The image of Eternity."
In a more limited sense it is divided into
1. The Atlantic Ocean.
2. The Pacific Ocean.
3. The Indian Ocean.
4. The Southern Ocean.