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The ___MASK24___ ___MASK23___ ___MASK5___ is an ocean basin largely surrounded by the North American continent . It is bounded on the northeast , north and ___MASK63___ by the ___MASK24___ Coast ___MASK23___ the United States , on the ___MASK7___ and south by ___MASK5___ , and on the southeast by ___MASK68___ . The U . S . states ___MASK23___ Alabama , Florida , ___MASK60___ , Mississippi and Texas border the ___MASK24___ on the north , which are often referred to as the " Third Coast " in comparison with the U . S . Atlantic and Pacific coasts , or sometimes the " south coast ", in juxtaposition to the Great Lakes region being the " north coast ." One ___MASK23___ the gulf ' s seven main areas is the ___MASK24___ ___MASK23___ ___MASK5___ basin . An ocean ( the sea ___MASK23___ classical antiquity ) is a body ___MASK23___ saline water that composes much ___MASK23___ a planet ' s hydrosphere . On Earth , an ocean is one ___MASK23___ the major conventional divisions ___MASK23___ the World Ocean , which covers almost 71 % ___MASK23___ its surface . These are , in descending order by area , the Pacific , Atlantic , ___MASK99___ , Southern ( Antarctic ), and Arctic Oceans . The word " sea " is often used interchangeably with " ocean " in American English but , strictly speaking , a sea is a body ___MASK23___ saline water ( generally a division ___MASK23___ the world ocean ) partly or fully enclosed by land . ___MASK35___ ( Spanish for " land ___MASK23___ flowers ") is a state located in the southeastern region ___MASK23___ the United States . It is bordered to the ___MASK69___ by the Gulf ___MASK23___ ___MASK5___ , to the north by Alabama and Georgia , to the east by the Atlantic Ocean , and to the south by the Straits ___MASK23___ ___MASK35___ and ___MASK68___ . ___MASK35___ is the 22nd most extensive , the 3rd most populous , and the 8th most densely populated ___MASK23___ the U . S . states . Jacksonville is the most populous municipality in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States . The Miami metropolitan area is ___MASK35___ ' s most populous urban area . The city ___MASK23___ Tallahassee is the state capital . The ___MASK93___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". The contiguous United States consists ___MASK23___ the 48 adjoining U . S . states plus Washington , D . C . ( federal district ), on the continent ___MASK23___ North America . The term excludes the non - contiguous states ___MASK23___ ___MASK42___ and Hawaii and all off - shore United States territories and possessions , which include American Samoa , Guam , the Northern Mariana Islands , Puerto Rico , and the U . S . Virgin Islands . The ___MASK65___ metropolitan area is the metropolitan area including ___MASK65___ and nearby communities . The U . S . Office ___MASK23___ Management and Budget designates the area as the ___MASK65___ - Fort Lauderdale - ___MASK69___ ___MASK74___ , FL Metropolitan Statistical Area , used for statistical purposes by the United States Census Bureau and other entities . The metropolitan statistical area comprises ___MASK65___ - Dade , Broward , and ___MASK74___ counties  Florida ' s three most populous , together forming South Florida  with principal cities including ___MASK65___ , Fort Lauderdale , Pompano Beach , ___MASK69___ ___MASK74___ , and Boca Raton . The tidal range is the vertical difference between the high tide and the succeeding low tide . Tides are the ___MASK12___ and fall ___MASK23___ sea levels caused by the combined effects ___MASK23___ the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation ___MASK23___ the Earth . The tidal range is not constant , but changes depending on where the sun and the moon are . The New World is one ___MASK23___ the names used for the Earth ' s Western Hemisphere , specifically the Americas ( including nearby islands such as those ___MASK23___ the ___MASK10___ and Bermuda ). ___MASK46___ Island Plantation ( AIP ) is a luxury resort community located on ___MASK46___ Island , Florida , the westernmost barrier island on the ___MASK93___ in the U . S . The resort ' s tennis facility hosted the Bausch & Lomb Championships , a major Women ' s Tennis Association tournament , for 20 years . The 404 - room hotel on the property is now part of Omni Hotels & Resorts . The Sea Islands are a chain ___MASK23___ tidal and barrier islands on the Southeastern ___MASK93___ coast ___MASK23___ the United States . Numbering over 100 , they are located between the mouths ___MASK23___ the Santee and St . Johns Rivers along the coast ___MASK23___ the US states ___MASK23___ ___MASK6___ , Georgia , and Florida . ___MASK28___ is a state in the southeastern region ___MASK23___ the United States . It is bordered by Tennessee to the north , Georgia to the ___MASK67___ , Florida and the Gulf ___MASK23___ ___MASK5___ to the south , and Mississippi to the west . ___MASK28___ is the 30th - most extensive and the 24th - most populous ___MASK23___ the U . S . states . At nearly , ___MASK28___ has one ___MASK23___ the nation ' s longest navigable inland waterways . The Association ___MASK23___ Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell , Bob Briner , Jack Kramer , and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests ___MASK23___ male professional tennis players . Drysdale became the first President . Since 1990 , the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title ___MASK23___ the tour with the organization ' s name . In 1990 the organization was called the ATP Tour , which was renamed in 2001 as just ATP and the tour being called ATP Tour . In 2009 the name was changed again and is now known as the ATP World Tour . It is an evolution ___MASK23___ the tour competitions previously known as Grand Prix tennis tournaments and World Championship Tennis ( WCT ). The Straits ___MASK23___ ___MASK35___ , ___MASK35___ Straits , or ___MASK35___ Strait is a strait located south - southeast ___MASK23___ the North American ___MASK21___ , generally accepted to be between the Gulf ___MASK23___ ___MASK5___ and the Atlantic Ocean , and between the ___MASK35___ Keys ( U . S .) and ___MASK68___ . It is 150 km ( 93 mi ) wide at the narrowest point between Key West and the Cuban shore , and has been sounded to a depth ___MASK23___ 6 , 000 feet . The strait carries the ___MASK35___ Current , the beginning ___MASK23___ the Gulf Stream , from the Gulf ___MASK23___ ___MASK5___ . ___MASK9___ is a county located in the state of Florida . As of the 2010 census , the population was 73 , 314 . The county seat and largest incorporated city is Fernandina Beach . ___MASK6___ is a state in the southeastern region of the United States . The state is bordered to the north by ___MASK4___ , to the south and west by Georgia across the ___MASK15___ ___MASK37___ , and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean . Water is a transparent and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent ___MASK23___ Earth ' s streams , ___MASK26___ , and oceans , and the fluids ___MASK23___ most living organisms . Its chemical formula is HO , meaning that its molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms , that are connected by covalent bonds . Water strictly refers to the liquid state ___MASK23___ that substance , that prevails at standard ambient temperature and pressure ; but it often refers also to its solid state ( ice ) or its gaseous state ( steam or water vapor ). It also occurs in nature as snow , glaciers , ice packs and icebergs , clouds , fog , dew , aquifers , and atmospheric humidity . Padre Island is the largest ___MASK23___ the Texas barrier islands and is the world ' s longest barrier island . It is part ___MASK23___ the U . S . state ___MASK23___ Texas . The island is located along Texas ' southern coast ___MASK23___ the Gulf ___MASK23___ ___MASK5___ and is noted for its white sandy beaches at the south end . Meaning " father " in Spanish , it was named after Father José Nicolás Ballí ( c . 1770 - 1829 ), who owned the island and served as a missionary priest and collector ___MASK23___ finances for all the churches in the Rio Grande Valley . He also founded the first ___MASK2___ in present - day Cameron County . The Old World consists ___MASK23___ Africa , ___MASK11___ , and Asia , regarded collectively as the part ___MASK23___ the world known to Europeans before contact with the Americas . It is used in the context ___MASK23___ , and contrast with , the New World ( Americas ). The Women ' s Tennis Association ( WTA ), founded in 1973 by Billie Jean ___MASK50___ , is the principal organizing body of women ' s professional tennis . It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women . Its counterpart organization in the men ' s professional game is the Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ). Area is the quantity that expresses the extent ___MASK23___ a two - dimensional figure or shape , or planar lamina , in the plane . Surface area is its analog on the two - dimensional surface ___MASK23___ a three - dimensional object . Area can be understood as the amount ___MASK23___ material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model ___MASK23___ the shape , or the amount ___MASK23___ paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat . It is the two - dimensional analog ___MASK23___ the length ___MASK23___ a curve ( a one - dimensional concept ) or the volume ___MASK23___ a solid ( a three - dimensional concept ). Billie Jean ___MASK50___ (" née " Moffitt ; born November 22 , 1943 ) is an American former World No . 1 professional tennis player . ___MASK50___ won 39 Grand Slam titles , including 12 singles , 16 women ' s doubles , and 11 mixed doubles titles . ___MASK50___ won the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships . ___MASK50___ often represented the United States in the Federation Cup and the Wightman Cup . She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups . For three years , ___MASK50___ was the United States ' captain in the Federation Cup . A " metropolitan area ", sometimes referred to as a " metro area " or just " metro ", is a region consisting ___MASK23___ a densely populated urban core and its less - populated surrounding territories , sharing industry , infrastructure , and housing . A metro area usually comprises multiple jurisdictions and municipalities : neighborhoods , townships , boroughs , cities , towns , exurbs , suburbs , counties , districts , states , and even nations like the eurodistricts . As social , economic and political institutions have changed , metropolitan areas have become key economic and political regions . Metropolitan areas include one or more urban areas , as well as satellite cities , towns and intervening rural areas that are socio - economically tied to the urban core , typically measured by commuting patterns . Barrier islands are coastal landforms and a type ___MASK23___ dune system that are exceptionally flat or lumpy areas ___MASK23___ sand that form by wave and tidal action parallel to the ___MASK21___ coast . They usually occur in chains , consisting ___MASK23___ anything from a few islands to more than a dozen . They are subject to change during storms and other action , but absorb energy and protect the coastlines and create areas ___MASK23___ protected waters where wetlands may flourish . A barrier chain may extend uninterrupted for over a hundred kilometers , excepting the tidal inlets that separate the islands , the longest and widest being Padre Island ___MASK23___ Texas . The length and width ___MASK23___ barriers and overall morphology ___MASK23___ barrier coasts are related to parameters including tidal range , wave energy , sediment supply , sea - level trends , and basement controls . ___MASK68___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK68___ , is a country comprising the island of ___MASK68___ as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos . ___MASK68___ is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea , the Gulf of Mexico , and the Atlantic Ocean meet . It is south of both the U . S . state of Florida and the Bahamas , west of Haiti , and north of Jamaica . Havana is the largest city and capital ; other major cities include Santiago de ___MASK68___ and Camagüey . ___MASK68___ is the largest island in the Caribbean , with an area of , and the second - most populous after Hispaniola , with over 11 million inhabitants . ___MASK46___ Island , in ___MASK9___ , Florida , is the southernmost of the Sea Islands , a chain of barrier islands stretching along the east coast of the United States from South Carolina to Florida . It is long and approximately wide at its widest point . The communities of Fernandina Beach and ___MASK46___ City are both located on the island .