Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west.
The western shores of the Atlantic Ocean are the coasts of North, Central, and South America. The North American countries include Canada and the United States. All of the Central and South American countries on the Caribbean Sea including Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, Columbia, Venezuela, and many others have an Atlantic coast, as well as the South American countries of Argentina and Brazil. The warm, moist air of the southern Atlantic ocean often brings rain, hurricanes and other turbulent weather to Central America and the southern United States before heading north and bringing turbulent weather to the east coast of the United States, including the notorious Nor’easter, and heavy fog off the coast of eastern Canada.
The Atlantic Ocean is home to a wide range of wildlife including crabs, lobsters, shrimp, large whales and sharks, large mammals such as seals and dolphins, and hundreds of species of fish. The Atlantic coasts are home to dozens of species of birds including seagulls and albatross, and penguins can be found in the colder waters of the southern Atlantic. Many birds follow the migration route called the Atlantic Flyway that includes several shorter routes following the coast of North America that come together in the regions around the Gulf of Mexico near Florida, and then continue over Mexico and into the Caribbean sea.
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