Tethys
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Tethys can refer to:
- Tethys (mythology)Tethys (mythology)In Greek mythology, Tethys , daughter of Uranus and Gaia was an archaic Titaness and aquatic sea goddess, invoked in classical Greek poetry but not venerated in cult. Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus...
, a Titaness in Greek mythology - Tethys (moon)Tethys (moon)Tethys or Saturn III is a mid-sized moon of Saturn about across. It was discovered by G. D. Cassini in 1684 and is named after titan Tethys of Greek mythology. Tethys is pronounced |Odysseus]] is about 400 km in diameter, while the largest graben—Ithaca Chasma is about 100 km wide and...
, a natural satellite of Saturn - Tethys OceanTethys OceanThe Tethys Ocean was an ocean that existed between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia during the Mesozoic era before the opening of the Indian Ocean.-Modern theory:...
, a Mesozoic-era ocean between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia- Prototethys Ocean (c. 550-330 Ma)
- Paleotethys Ocean (c. 445-75 Ma)
- Neotethys Ocean (c. 300-100 Ma)
- Alpine Tethys Sea (c. 175-30 Ma) or ParatethysParatethysThe Paratethys ocean, Paratethys sea or just Paratethys was a large shallow sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral Sea in western Asia. The sea was formed during the Oxfordian epoch as an extension of the rift that formed the Central Atlantic Ocean and...
Sea (isolated after 34 Ma); today's Black SeaBlack SeaThe Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
, Caspian SeaCaspian SeaThe Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. The sea has a surface area of and a volume of...
, and Aral SeaAral SeaThe Aral Sea was a lake that lay between Kazakhstan in the north and Karakalpakstan, an autonomous region of Uzbekistan, in the south...
are remnants of the Paratethys Sea
- Tethys (software), an SMTP server
- Tethys (LRAUV), a Long Range Autonomous Underwater Autonomous Vehicle
- Tethys (gastropod), genus of gastropods in the family TethydidaeTethydidaeTethydidae is a family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.- Taxonomy :This family is within the clade Cladobranchia and has no subfamilies ....