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Illustrate the origin and nature of Sargasso Sea and Lagoon.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Oceanography

The Sargasso Sea is the still, current-bound water mass occupying the rotation centre of the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre, famously described as "the only sea without a shore" because it is defined entirely by ocean currents rather than by any coastline.

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