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From another point of view, the oceans are just a thin film of water clinging to the surface of this ball of rock.
The depth of the oceans is a rounding error compared to the depth of the planet.
If the Earth were the size of a basketball, it wouldn't even feel wet to the touch because of how thin the oceans would be relatively. Scales are wild