Difference between Pacific Ocean, Pacific Rim, Pan Pacific Region

Location of the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is located between Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, and North and South America.

Area About 15,900 kilometers in length from north to south and 19,900 kilometers in maximum width from east to west, with an area of 179.68 million square kilometers. It accounts for 49.8% of the total area of the world's oceans and 35% of the Earth's total area. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the four major oceans on earth, the deepest and the most islands and coral reefs.

Scope of the Pacific Ocean southwest of the southeast corner of Tasmania to the Antarctic continent of the meridian and the Indian Ocean, southeast of the meridian and the Atlantic Ocean through the southernmost point of South America Cape Horn, north of the Bering Strait and the Arctic Ocean connected to the east through the Panama Canal and the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage to communicate with the Atlantic Ocean, the west of the Straits of Malacca and the Strait of Sunda passes through the Indian Ocean, the total corridor is almost circular.

Depth The average depth is 4,028 meters, and the maximum depth is the Mariana Trench, which is as deep as 11,034 meters, the deepest point in the world's oceans known to date.

Geographic Division The Pacific Ocean is usually divided into the South, Central and North Pacific Ocean, bounded by the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Cancer, or divided into the South and North Pacific Ocean, bounded by the equator, and the East and West Pacific Ocean, bounded by the longitude of 160 ° East. North Pacific Ocean: north of the Tropic of Cancer, located in the northern subtropics and the northern temperate zone, the main sea has the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea, the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. Central Pacific Ocean: located between the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer, located in the tropics, the main sea has the South China Sea, Java Sea, Coral Sea, Sulu Sea, Sulawesi Sea, Banda Sea and so on. South Pacific: south of the Tropic of Capricorn, located in the southern subtropical and southern temperate zone, the main sea of the Tasman Sea, the Belize Gaojin Sea, the Ross Sea and the Amundsen Sea.

Countries and regions There are more than 30 independent countries in the Pacific region, as well as a dozen colonies belonging to the United States, Britain, France and other countries.

Pacific Rim A general term for the countries surrounding the Pacific region, including the islands, in geopolitical and geo-economic terms.

Characteristics

The Pacific Rim is rich in natural and economic diversity, with the United States and Japan ranking first and second in the world in terms of economic development; South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore have become the "Four Little Dragons" that have created a miracle of development since the 1980s, and have been extremely dynamic in development; Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore have become the "Four Little Dragons" that have created a miracle of development since the 1980s, and have been extremely dynamic in development since the 1980s. Japan, South Korea and the West Coast of the United States as an important source of technology; Russia's Far East, Canada and Australia are rich in natural resources; China***, India, Mexico and Brazil are rapidly embarking on the road of industrialization; China and India are rich in human resources; the United States, Chile and New Zealand have a very high level of productivity of the agricultural sector, Australia and New Zealand have a developed livestock industry. The United States, Chile and New Zealand have highly productive agriculture, and Australia and New Zealand have well-developed animal husbandry. Economists predict that the future economic center of the world will shift from the traditional Europe and eastern North America to the Pacific Rim. It is also the most seismically active region.

The Pan-Pacific Area is the entire Pacific Ocean region.

The countries included in the Pan-Pacific are; China North Korea South Korea Japan Philippines Indonesia Malaysia Timor-Leste Brunei Singapore Vietnam Cambodia Thailand Russia Australia Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands New Zealand Palau Nauru Marshall Islands Micronesia (Federated States of) Kiribati Vatican City Micronesia (Federated States of) Kiribati Vanuatu Tuvalu Fiji Islands Samoa Tonga Canada United States Mexico Guatemala El Salvador Costa Rica Panama Colombia Venezuela Ecuador Peru Chile Guam Wake Island Howland Island Baker Island Tokelau Wallis and Futuna Niue French Polynesia British Pitcairn American Samoa

Pan Pacific includes; China North Korea Japan Philippines Indonesia Malaysia Timor-Leste Brunei Singapore Vietnam Thailand Russia Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands New Zealand Palau Nauru Marshall Islands