The water type occupying the greatest volume of the Atlantic Ocean is
A) Antarctic bottom water.
B) Antarctic intermediate water.
C) circumpolar Antarctic water.
D) North Atlantic deep water.
E) surface water.

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The North Atlantic deep water is the water type occupying the greatest volume of the Atlantic Ocean. It is formed in the North Atlantic by the sinking of cold, dense water, which then flows southward along the ocean floor, filling the deep regions of the Atlantic Ocean. The other options mentioned (Antarctic bottom water, Antarctic intermediate water, and circumpolar Antarctic water) are not major contributors to the volume of the Atlantic Ocean. Surface water is also not the dominant water type in terms of volume.

The Water Type Occupying the Greatest Volume of the Atlantic