Why is the South Pacific Ocean the cleanest?

The low flux of particles to the South Pacific Gyre cause the water there to be the clearest seawater in the world. Beneath the seafloor, the marine sediments and surrounding porewaters contain an unusual subseafloor biosphere.



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The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the world ocean basins. Covering approximately 63 million square miles and containing more than half of the free water on Earth, the Pacific is by far the largest of the world's ocean basins.

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