Calouric Sea

The Calouric Sea is a massive super body of water that covers the entire surface of Ember, and physically separates the four main continents of the planet one from another. In many ways this sea emulates the seven oceans of Earth, save that it is undivided like the seas of Earth. It is one solid, continuous body of water in which exists the four main continents of Ember. That doesn't prevent the locals from slicing up the sea into smaller regions, and giving them separate names. However, even if such is done, it doesn't change the fact that it is one singular, super massive, and vast body of salt water that spreads out across the entire planet.

The sea is also unique in that it's not very deep. At least, by Earth standards, anyways. On Earth, average ocean depth is around 14,000 feet. However, the deepest location in the Calouric Sea is a mere 400 feet. This relative shallowness causes the ocean to heat up much warmer than the oceans of Earth would, which leads to some rather interesting, and tempestuous weather forming on its surface as a result. Severe weather, hurricanes, and great sea storms are very common on this sea as a result. This is more common in the equatorial regions, but also tends to happen frequently in the polar regions as well. The temperate regions tend to see more in the range of isolated thunderstorms and super cells. Even so, these storms are just as violent as their larger cousins, and feared greatly by sailors of all stripes as they can easily rip a ship apart if one mistakenly gets caught in one.