_:geff5da539d0cbf873594node65efd3f625ae85cddc18a9681966776 . _:geff5da539d0cbf873594node65efd3f625ae85cddc18a9681966776 "42.682434082031250" . _:geff5da539d0cbf873594node65efd3f625ae85cddc18a9681966776 "35.244140625000000" . _:geff5da539d0cbf873594node975c64fa37cf94e943dea4ba055de6 . _:geff5da539d0cbf873594node975c64fa37cf94e943dea4ba055de6 _:geff5da539d0cbf873594node65efd3f625ae85cddc18a9681966776 . _:geff5da539d0cbf873594node975c64fa37cf94e943dea4ba055de6 "Die Schwarzes Meer in der Region Karadeniz (Schwarzmeerregion), Gro?er Kaukasus, Kleiner Kaukasus/Russland, T?rkei, Rum?nien, Bulgarien, Georgien ist ein Meer. Paddelbar von J\u00E4nner bis Dezember." . _:geff5da539d0cbf873594node975c64fa37cf94e943dea4ba055de6 "Schwarzes Meer" . _:ge2ee903ec4adc94e6997node6eec6f8943d494de33a6d89d326ceb9 . _:ge2ee903ec4adc94e6997node6eec6f8943d494de33a6d89d326ceb9 "35.460670471191410" . _:ge2ee903ec4adc94e6997node6eec6f8943d494de33a6d89d326ceb9 "17.490234375000000" . _:ge2ee903ec4adc94e6997node70bd7ed827454676c030e0d3cd6dc7 . _:ge2ee903ec4adc94e6997node70bd7ed827454676c030e0d3cd6dc7 _:ge2ee903ec4adc94e6997node6eec6f8943d494de33a6d89d326ceb9 . _:ge2ee903ec4adc94e6997node70bd7ed827454676c030e0d3cd6dc7 "Die Mittelmeer in der Region /Italien, Slowenien, Spanien, Frankreich, Griechenland, Kroatien, Portugal, Israel, Marokko, Albanien, Serbien, Malta, Tunesien, ?gypten ist ein Meer. Paddelbar von J\u00E4nner bis Dezember auf 4 Abschnitt/en." . _:ge2ee903ec4adc94e6997node70bd7ed827454676c030e0d3cd6dc7 "Mittelmeer" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode2279ca6bd521ab703475668e53d2561 . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode2279ca6bd521ab703475668e53d2561 "Indian Ocean" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode3ac4754bdb9c91820d7581c4da17ea8 . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode3ac4754bdb9c91820d7581c4da17ea8 "South Atlantic" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode6b6eba90b8e041854ab6e8b40d895fe . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode6b6eba90b8e041854ab6e8b40d895fe "Mediterranean Sea" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode9383735d8bb80d52ca2a81d157885b6 . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode9383735d8bb80d52ca2a81d157885b6 "North Sea" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode9383735d8bb80d52ca2a81d157885b6 "North Atlantic" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode9383735d8bb80d52ca2a81d157885b6 "Gulf \n of Mexico" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenode9383735d8bb80d52ca2a81d157885b6 "Caribbean Sea" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenodea731e97171178d38e422d69e8e363ed . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenodea731e97171178d38e422d69e8e363ed "South Pacific" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenodeb1f8a348268decfd984d0db608169fe . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenodeb1f8a348268decfd984d0db608169fe "Australia" . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenodef7785c94a8e425f22e27d791156e650 . _:g5b31edd5fa0d3fb36efenodef7785c94a8e425f22e27d791156e650 "North Pacific" . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanode1ba6d8420dc3ac03e753fa814f4d4d1 . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanode1ba6d8420dc3ac03e753fa814f4d4d1 "\n Celebes Sea,\u00A0Indonesian Laut Sulawesi,\u00A0 sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sea and Mindanao Island, on the east by the Sangi Islands chain, on the south by Celebes (Sulawesi), and on the west by Borneo. It extends 420 miles (675 km) north-south by 520 miles (837 km) east-west and occupies a total surface area of 110,000 square miles (280,000 square km). The sea, opening southwest through the Makassar Strait to the Java Sea, fills a steep-sided, generally flat-bottomed basin formed by downfaulting of a tectonic block. Over half of its area is more than 13,000 feet (4,000 m) deep, the greatest recorded depth being 20,406 feet (6,220 m). The edges of this enclosed basin are visible in the line of volcanic cones in northern Celebes and the Sang Islands and the mountains of the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao. Deep water enters the sea from the Pacific south of Mindanao, flowing southwest to leave by the Makassar Strait. This pattern also holds true for surface currents."@en . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanode1ba6d8420dc3ac03e753fa814f4d4d1 "Celebes Sea"@en . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanode1ba6d8420dc3ac03e753fa814f4d4d1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/101231/Celebes-Sea"@en . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanode7d973fa2fc45838c98c68dbb52ff5f . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanode7d973fa2fc45838c98c68dbb52ff5f "\n Celebes Sea,\u00A0Indonesian Laut Sulawesi,\u00A0 sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sea and Mindanao Island, on the east by the Sangi Islands chain, on the south by Celebes (Sulawesi), and on the west by Borneo. It extends 420 miles (675 km) north-south by 520 miles (837 km) east-west and occupies a total surface area of 110,000 square miles (280,000 square km). The sea, opening southwest through the Makassar Strait to the Java Sea, fills a steep-sided, generally flat-bottomed basin formed by downfaulting of a tectonic block. Over half of its area is more than 13,000 feet (4,000 m) deep, the greatest recorded depth being 20,406 feet (6,220 m). The edges of this enclosed basin are visible in the line of volcanic cones in northern Celebes and the Sang Islands and the mountains of the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao. Deep water enters the sea from the Pacific south of Mindanao, flowing southwest to leave by the Makassar Strait. This pattern also holds true for surface currents."@en . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanode7d973fa2fc45838c98c68dbb52ff5f "Celebes Sea"@en . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanode7d973fa2fc45838c98c68dbb52ff5f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/101231/Celebes-Sea"@en . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanodebd1e2389ecbf77a5d5a6380f6e0c5f9 . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanodebd1e2389ecbf77a5d5a6380f6e0c5f9 "\n Celebes Sea,\u00A0Indonesian Laut Sulawesi,\u00A0 sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bordered on the north by the Sulu Archipelago and Sea and Mindanao Island, on the east by the Sangi Islands chain, on the south by Celebes (Sulawesi), and on the west by Borneo. It extends 420 miles (675 km) north-south by 520 miles (837 km) east-west and occupies a total surface area of 110,000 square miles (280,000 square km). The sea, opening southwest through the Makassar Strait to the Java Sea, fills a steep-sided, generally flat-bottomed basin formed by downfaulting of a tectonic block. Over half of its area is more than 13,000 feet (4,000 m) deep, the greatest recorded depth being 20,406 feet (6,220 m). The edges of this enclosed basin are visible in the line of volcanic cones in northern Celebes and the Sang Islands and the mountains of the Sulu Archipelago and Mindanao. Deep water enters the sea from the Pacific south of Mindanao, flowing southwest to leave by the Makassar Strait. This pattern also holds true for surface currents."@en . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanodebd1e2389ecbf77a5d5a6380f6e0c5f9 "Celebes Sea"@en . _:g12aaaced309a305caabanodebd1e2389ecbf77a5d5a6380f6e0c5f9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/101231/Celebes-Sea"@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2519d775e201a2a4a682772b3f2787 . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2519d775e201a2a4a682772b3f2787 "\n China Sea,\u00A0part of the western Pacific Ocean bordering the Asian mainland on the east-southeast."@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2519d775e201a2a4a682772b3f2787 "China Sea"@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2519d775e201a2a4a682772b3f2787 . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2519d775e201a2a4a682772b3f2787 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/112224/China-Sea"@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2788ea7a0321fbce7cd21141d5c2a2 . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2788ea7a0321fbce7cd21141d5c2a2 "\n China Sea,\u00A0part of the western Pacific Ocean bordering the Asian mainland on the east-southeast."@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2788ea7a0321fbce7cd21141d5c2a2 "China Sea"@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2788ea7a0321fbce7cd21141d5c2a2 . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50node2788ea7a0321fbce7cd21141d5c2a2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/112224/China-Sea"@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50noded13a679fee12abe4b55c8d4aa8583f99 . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50noded13a679fee12abe4b55c8d4aa8583f99 "\n China Sea,\u00A0part of the western Pacific Ocean bordering the Asian mainland on the east-southeast."@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50noded13a679fee12abe4b55c8d4aa8583f99 "China Sea"@en . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50noded13a679fee12abe4b55c8d4aa8583f99 . _:g71ff9923ddbbe87c0b50noded13a679fee12abe4b55c8d4aa8583f99 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/112224/China-Sea"@en . _:g84d92d3d6a04b6aac50enodead52e73231551f7cbec33b92e2adc . _:g84d92d3d6a04b6aac50enodead52e73231551f7cbec33b92e2adc "\n Chukchi Sea,\u00A0also spelled Chukchee, Russian Chukotskoye More,\u00A0 part of the Arctic Ocean, bounded by Wrangel Island (west), northeastern Siberia and northwestern Alaska (south), the Beaufort Sea (east), and the Arctic continental slope (north). It has an area of 225,000 square miles (582,000 square km) and an average depth of 253 feet (77 m). The sea is navigable between July and October both eastward and westward from the shallow Bering Strait, and ice-bearing currents flow southeastward along the Siberian coast. Seals of several species and walrus are indigenous, and whales and many seabirds are summer visitors."@en . _:g84d92d3d6a04b6aac50enodead52e73231551f7cbec33b92e2adc "Chukchi Sea"@en . _:g84d92d3d6a04b6aac50enodead52e73231551f7cbec33b92e2adc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/116851/Chukchi-Sea"@en . _:g42b09e54a3de49407fc1node327b6b2ff3bdcfad3319921f072c68b . _:g42b09e54a3de49407fc1node327b6b2ff3bdcfad3319921f072c68b "Coral Sea,\u00A0 sea of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, extending east of Australia and New Guinea, west of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, and south of the Solomon Islands. It is about 1,400 miles (2,250 km) north-south and 1,500 miles east-west and covers an area of 1,849,800 square miles (4,791,000 square km). To the south it merges with the Tasman Sea, to the north with the Solomon Sea, and to the east with the Pacific; it is connected to the Arafura Sea (west) via the Torres Strait. North of latitude 20? S, the seafloor is dominated by the Coral Sea Plateau, ... (100 of 228 words)"@en . _:g42b09e54a3de49407fc1node327b6b2ff3bdcfad3319921f072c68b "Coral Sea"@en . _:g42b09e54a3de49407fc1node327b6b2ff3bdcfad3319921f072c68b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/137118/Coral-Sea"@en . _:g929dce8a088c66cda0c8nodee524f6a9a6912d684b659b547655d5 . _:g929dce8a088c66cda0c8nodee524f6a9a6912d684b659b547655d5 "\n Sea of Crete,\u00A0also called Sea Of Candia, Modern Greek Kritik\u00F3n P\u00E9lagos,\u00A0 southern part of the Aegean Sea (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea), lying between the Cyclades (Kikl\u00E1dhes) islands to the north and the island of Crete (Kr\u00EDti) to the south. It is the deepest section of the Aegean Sea, reaching depths of more than 10,000 feet (3,294 m) east of Cape Sidero (\u00C1kra S\u00EDdheros), Crete."@en . _:g929dce8a088c66cda0c8nodee524f6a9a6912d684b659b547655d5 "Sea of Crete"@en . _:g929dce8a088c66cda0c8nodee524f6a9a6912d684b659b547655d5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/142799/Sea-of-Crete"@en . _:g929dce8a088c66cda0c8nodef2ad0162fc771ec1a11a75b7981c7f9 . _:g929dce8a088c66cda0c8nodef2ad0162fc771ec1a11a75b7981c7f9 "\n Sea of Crete,\u00A0also called Sea Of Candia, Modern Greek Kritik\u00F3n P\u00E9lagos,\u00A0 southern part of the Aegean Sea (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea), lying between the Cyclades (Kikl\u00E1dhes) islands to the north and the island of Crete (Kr\u00EDti) to the south. It is the deepest section of the Aegean Sea, reaching depths of more than 10,000 feet (3,294 m) east of Cape Sidero (\u00C1kra S\u00EDdheros), Crete."@en . _:g929dce8a088c66cda0c8nodef2ad0162fc771ec1a11a75b7981c7f9 "Sea of Crete"@en . _:g929dce8a088c66cda0c8nodef2ad0162fc771ec1a11a75b7981c7f9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/142799/Sea-of-Crete"@en . _:g62db7a1384a0a960cbf0node49b1ac6f56901b23ffc44bff438dfd34 . _:g62db7a1384a0a960cbf0node49b1ac6f56901b23ffc44bff438dfd34 "Bothnian Sea,\u00A0Swedish Bottenhavet, Finnish Selk?meri,\u00A0\n the southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, the northern arm of the Baltic Sea, which lies between Finland and Sweden."@en . _:g62db7a1384a0a960cbf0node49b1ac6f56901b23ffc44bff438dfd34 "Bothnian Sea"@en . _:g62db7a1384a0a960cbf0node49b1ac6f56901b23ffc44bff438dfd34 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1573930/Bothnian-Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node2e21bf4137752dcba0233c5dba063 . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node2e21bf4137752dcba0233c5dba063 "\n East China Sea,\u00A0Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tung Hai or (Pinyin) Dong Hai,\u00A0 arm of the Pacific Ocean bordering the East Asian mainland and extending northeastward from the South China Sea, to which it is connected by the shallow Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China. The East China Sea and the South China Sea together form the China Sea. The East China Sea extends to the east to the chain of the Ryukyu Islands; north to Kyushu, which is the southernmost of Japan?s main islands; northwest to Cheju Island off South Korea; and hence west to China. This northern boundary, roughly a line from Cheju Island to the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang) on China?s eastern coast, separates the East China Sea from the Yellow Sea."@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node2e21bf4137752dcba0233c5dba063 "East China Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node2e21bf4137752dcba0233c5dba063 . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node2e21bf4137752dcba0233c5dba063 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176576/East-China-Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node51fc149cf642495f891f62d4eb8ee1 . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node51fc149cf642495f891f62d4eb8ee1 "\n East China Sea,\u00A0Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tung Hai or (Pinyin) Dong Hai,\u00A0 arm of the Pacific Ocean bordering the East Asian mainland and extending northeastward from the South China Sea, to which it is connected by the shallow Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China. The East China Sea and the South China Sea together form the China Sea. The East China Sea extends to the east to the chain of the Ryukyu Islands; north to Kyushu, which is the southernmost of Japan?s main islands; northwest to Cheju Island off South Korea; and hence west to China. This northern boundary, roughly a line from Cheju Island to the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang) on China?s eastern coast, separates the East China Sea from the Yellow Sea."@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node51fc149cf642495f891f62d4eb8ee1 "East China Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node51fc149cf642495f891f62d4eb8ee1 . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node51fc149cf642495f891f62d4eb8ee1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176576/East-China-Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node9318beccc59ea927c1354a8688ad4c2 . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node9318beccc59ea927c1354a8688ad4c2 "\n East China Sea,\u00A0Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tung Hai or (Pinyin) Dong Hai,\u00A0 arm of the Pacific Ocean bordering the East Asian mainland and extending northeastward from the South China Sea, to which it is connected by the shallow Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China. The East China Sea and the South China Sea together form the China Sea. The East China Sea extends to the east to the chain of the Ryukyu Islands; north to Kyushu, which is the southernmost of Japan?s main islands; northwest to Cheju Island off South Korea; and hence west to China. This northern boundary, roughly a line from Cheju Island to the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang) on China?s eastern coast, separates the East China Sea from the Yellow Sea."@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node9318beccc59ea927c1354a8688ad4c2 "East China Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node9318beccc59ea927c1354a8688ad4c2 . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4node9318beccc59ea927c1354a8688ad4c2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176576/East-China-Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodeef224057eacf4c80fc525ceaaf5691b . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodeef224057eacf4c80fc525ceaaf5691b "\n East China Sea,\u00A0Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tung Hai or (Pinyin) Dong Hai,\u00A0 arm of the Pacific Ocean bordering the East Asian mainland and extending northeastward from the South China Sea, to which it is connected by the shallow Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China. The East China Sea and the South China Sea together form the China Sea. The East China Sea extends to the east to the chain of the Ryukyu Islands; north to Kyushu, which is the southernmost of Japan?s main islands; northwest to Cheju Island off South Korea; and hence west to China. This northern boundary, roughly a line from Cheju Island to the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang) on China?s eastern coast, separates the East China Sea from the Yellow Sea."@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodeef224057eacf4c80fc525ceaaf5691b "East China Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodeef224057eacf4c80fc525ceaaf5691b . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodeef224057eacf4c80fc525ceaaf5691b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176576/East-China-Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodefdb18cae12e8a78a2b1ee30df92b0cf . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodefdb18cae12e8a78a2b1ee30df92b0cf "\n East China Sea,\u00A0Chinese (Wade-Giles) Tung Hai or (Pinyin) Dong Hai,\u00A0 arm of the Pacific Ocean bordering the East Asian mainland and extending northeastward from the South China Sea, to which it is connected by the shallow Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and mainland China. The East China Sea and the South China Sea together form the China Sea. The East China Sea extends to the east to the chain of the Ryukyu Islands; north to Kyushu, which is the southernmost of Japan?s main islands; northwest to Cheju Island off South Korea; and hence west to China. This northern boundary, roughly a line from Cheju Island to the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang) on China?s eastern coast, separates the East China Sea from the Yellow Sea."@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodefdb18cae12e8a78a2b1ee30df92b0cf "East China Sea"@en . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodefdb18cae12e8a78a2b1ee30df92b0cf . _:g7b4670fff2fd1cc6a2c4nodefdb18cae12e8a78a2b1ee30df92b0cf "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176576/East-China-Sea"@en . _:g2f9ca0cad6f1811e7411node11a9be64a5c6b642c6f5fc5461eb6a68 . _:g2f9ca0cad6f1811e7411node11a9be64a5c6b642c6f5fc5461eb6a68 "East China Sea"@en . _:g2f9ca0cad6f1811e7411node11a9be64a5c6b642c6f5fc5461eb6a68 . _:g2f9ca0cad6f1811e7411node11a9be64a5c6b642c6f5fc5461eb6a68 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176576/East-China-Sea/36044/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gd6f0e47307b7260f8990nodeb4ed1e939a788f13c5d6961fd8668ab . _:gd6f0e47307b7260f8990nodeb4ed1e939a788f13c5d6961fd8668ab "\n East Siberian Sea,\u00A0Russian Vostochno-sibirskoye More,\u00A0 part of the Arctic Ocean between the New Siberian Islands (west) and Wrangel Island (east). To the west it is connected to the Laptev Sea by the Dmitrya Lapteva, Eterikan, and Sannikov straits; to the east Long Strait connects it with the Chukchi Sea. The East Siberian Sea, with an area of 361,000 square miles (936,000 square km), is covered by ice much of the year. Its greatest depth is 510 feet (155 m), but it is as shallow as 30 to 65 feet (9 to 20 m) in the western and central parts. There are several island groups. Chief ports are Pevek, in the Chukchi autonomous okrug (district), and Ambarchik, in Sakha (Yakutia) republic; navigation is limited to August and September. "@en . _:gd6f0e47307b7260f8990nodeb4ed1e939a788f13c5d6961fd8668ab "East Siberian Sea"@en . _:gd6f0e47307b7260f8990nodeb4ed1e939a788f13c5d6961fd8668ab "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/176802/East-Siberian-Sea"@en . _:g0ebcf6dc9375f85d1698node77353e52bd93e3f08cbc482687ee9bd7 . _:g0ebcf6dc9375f85d1698node77353e52bd93e3f08cbc482687ee9bd7 "\n Eemian Sea,\u00A0former body of water that flooded much of northern Europe and essentially made an island of Scandinavia. This marine transgression occurred during the Eemian Interglacial Stage (130,000 to 115,000 years ago) of the Pleistocene Epoch (approximately 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago). The sea deposited a thick sequence of sediments containing fossils that indicate water temperatures at least as warm as those of the region today. Late in the history of the Eemian Sea, climatic conditions became colder, as indicated by a change to cooler water animals."@en . _:g0ebcf6dc9375f85d1698node77353e52bd93e3f08cbc482687ee9bd7 "Eemian Sea"@en . _:g0ebcf6dc9375f85d1698node77353e52bd93e3f08cbc482687ee9bd7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/179933/Eemian-Sea"@en . _:ge5cd6e2366d4914f8ef1nodefdf98f94443a75a14bc5fee4769176 . _:ge5cd6e2366d4914f8ef1nodefdf98f94443a75a14bc5fee4769176 "\n Flores Sea,\u00A0Bahasa Indonesia Laut Flores,\u00A0 portion of the western South Pacific Ocean, bounded on the north by the island of Celebes (Sulawesi) and on the south by the Lesser Sunda Islands of Flores and Sumbawa. Occupying a total surface area of 93,000 square miles (240,000 square km), it opens northwest through Makassar Strait to the Celebes Sea, west to the Java Sea, and east to the Banda Sea. Teluk (gulf of) Bone cuts deeply into the Celebes coast. The sea?s basin is divided into four physiographic areas. In the west is a broad plateau at a general depth of 1,650 feet (500 metres); submarine mounts rise from this bank and are often capped by coral atolls. In the south is the Flores Basin (just north of the island of Flores), where the sea plunges to its greatest depth, 16,860 feet (5,140 metres). To the north of this trough, two ridges (the western reaching above water as Selayar Island) flank a shallower trough (maximum 11,060 feet [3,370 metres]) that stretches to the island of Celebes. The last region, south of Teluk Bone, is on the east, bordering the Banda Sea. In the winter, surface currents trend southwest only to reverse themselves during the summer."@en . _:ge5cd6e2366d4914f8ef1nodefdf98f94443a75a14bc5fee4769176 "Flores Sea"@en . _:ge5cd6e2366d4914f8ef1nodefdf98f94443a75a14bc5fee4769176 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/210768/Flores-Sea"@en . _:g5bd3d0ad21433d6c6285nodeb6a0c4050b3cde88d19b4689840 . _:g5bd3d0ad21433d6c6285nodeb6a0c4050b3cde88d19b4689840 "\n Andaman Sea,\u00A0marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean. It is bounded to the north by the Irrawaddy River delta of Myanmar (Burma); to the east by peninsular Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia; to the south by the Indonesian island of Sumatra and by the Strait of Malacca; and to the west by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which constitute a union territory of India. Through such ports as Bassein, Mawlamyine, Tavoy, and Mergui?as well as Yangon (Rangoon) itself?it forms the most important sea link between Myanmar and other countries; it also forms part of a major shipping route between India and China, via the Strait of Malacca. The sea, which has an area of 308,000 square miles (798,000 square km), takes its name from the Andaman Islands."@en . _:g5bd3d0ad21433d6c6285nodeb6a0c4050b3cde88d19b4689840 "Andaman Sea"@en . _:g5bd3d0ad21433d6c6285nodeb6a0c4050b3cde88d19b4689840 . _:g5bd3d0ad21433d6c6285nodeb6a0c4050b3cde88d19b4689840 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/23505/Andaman-Sea"@en . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnode30e5ef5c3b29c69b4c3f2cf9fbb934da . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnode30e5ef5c3b29c69b4c3f2cf9fbb934da "\n Greenland Sea,\u00A0 Danish and Norwegian Gr\u00D8nlandshavet,\u00A0 outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 465,000 square miles (1,205,000 square km). It lies south of the Arctic Basin proper and borders Greenland (west), Svalbard (east), the main Arctic Ocean (north), and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland (south). Average depth is 4,750 feet (1,450 m), with the deepest recorded point at 16,000 feet (4,800 m)."@en . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnode30e5ef5c3b29c69b4c3f2cf9fbb934da "Greenland Sea"@en . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnode30e5ef5c3b29c69b4c3f2cf9fbb934da . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnode30e5ef5c3b29c69b4c3f2cf9fbb934da "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/245318/Greenland-Sea"@en . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnodee4884ef7b9c26131d713b3c1d24ef530 . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnodee4884ef7b9c26131d713b3c1d24ef530 "\n Greenland Sea,\u00A0 Danish and Norwegian Gr\u00D8nlandshavet,\u00A0 outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 465,000 square miles (1,205,000 square km). It lies south of the Arctic Basin proper and borders Greenland (west), Svalbard (east), the main Arctic Ocean (north), and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland (south). Average depth is 4,750 feet (1,450 m), with the deepest recorded point at 16,000 feet (4,800 m)."@en . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnodee4884ef7b9c26131d713b3c1d24ef530 "Greenland Sea"@en . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnodee4884ef7b9c26131d713b3c1d24ef530 . _:gfee3355337383c9f7e0cnodee4884ef7b9c26131d713b3c1d24ef530 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/245318/Greenland-Sea"@en . _:ge0546e84d95430088521nodeca31b87724f16a09e5d5279ac7cca0 . _:ge0546e84d95430088521nodeca31b87724f16a09e5d5279ac7cca0 "Holstein Sea,\u00A0former body of water that occupied the North and Baltic sea basins and deposited marine sediments over a wide area. This marine transgression occurred during the Holstein Interglacial Stage of the Pleistocene Epoch (approximately 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago). The Holstein Interglacial Stage occurred in the middle Pleistocene, prior to the Eemian Interglacial Stage. The fossils of the Holstein Sea deposits show a change from cold to temperate water conditions. The Holstein Sea flooded many land areas, as demonstrated by the correlation of marine and terrestrial sediments."@en . _:ge0546e84d95430088521nodeca31b87724f16a09e5d5279ac7cca0 "Holstein Sea"@en . _:ge0546e84d95430088521nodeca31b87724f16a09e5d5279ac7cca0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269687/Holstein-Sea"@en . _:gcadc2a03db04104daf04nodee6d8231ccf919a9bd137e0b438ed91ce . _:gcadc2a03db04104daf04nodee6d8231ccf919a9bd137e0b438ed91ce "\n Inland Sea,\u00A0Japanese Seto-naikai,\u00A0 the body of water lying between the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It is composed of five distinct basins linked together by channels. Its east-west length is about 270 miles (440 km), and its waters are easily navigable. The sea has an irregular coastline and is dotted with hundreds of small islands, the largest of which is Awaji Island in the east. Entrance to the Inland Sea from the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean is afforded by the Bungo Strait and the Kii Strait. The narrow Shimonoseki Strait at the western end leads to the East China Sea. The Inland Sea is a major transportation route between the Asian continent and Kyushu?s Kansai area. Industries along the sea flourish together with trading and fishing ports and the commercial centre of ?saka-K?be. The shores of the Inland Sea were Japan?s leading salt-producing region until industrialization was given priority after World War II. The salt fields are no longer used, but a petrochemical industry is flourishing. Popular among vacationers for its scenery, the entire Inland Sea region is included in the Inland Sea National Park."@en . _:gcadc2a03db04104daf04nodee6d8231ccf919a9bd137e0b438ed91ce "Inland Sea"@en . _:gcadc2a03db04104daf04nodee6d8231ccf919a9bd137e0b438ed91ce . _:gcadc2a03db04104daf04nodee6d8231ccf919a9bd137e0b438ed91ce "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/288431/Inland-Sea"@en . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10node507de0a3a036311d2b2eb7b1e13b4c6b . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10node507de0a3a036311d2b2eb7b1e13b4c6b "\n Ionian Sea,\u00A0Latin Mare Ionium, Italian Mare Ionio,\u00A0 part of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between Greece (east), Sicily (southwest), and Italy (west and northwest). Though considered by ancient authors to be part of the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea is now seen as a separate body of water. In the Ionian Sea, south of Greece, the Mediterranean reaches its greatest depth (16,000 feet [4,900 m])."@en . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10node507de0a3a036311d2b2eb7b1e13b4c6b "Ionian Sea"@en . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10node507de0a3a036311d2b2eb7b1e13b4c6b . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10node507de0a3a036311d2b2eb7b1e13b4c6b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/292915/Ionian-Sea"@en . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10nodead63767ea618c287266fa13981f97cc7 . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10nodead63767ea618c287266fa13981f97cc7 "\n Ionian Sea,\u00A0Latin Mare Ionium, Italian Mare Ionio,\u00A0 part of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between Greece (east), Sicily (southwest), and Italy (west and northwest). Though considered by ancient authors to be part of the Adriatic Sea, the Ionian Sea is now seen as a separate body of water. In the Ionian Sea, south of Greece, the Mediterranean reaches its greatest depth (16,000 feet [4,900 m])."@en . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10nodead63767ea618c287266fa13981f97cc7 "Ionian Sea"@en . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10nodead63767ea618c287266fa13981f97cc7 . _:ge48df30f0b7b81111d10nodead63767ea618c287266fa13981f97cc7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/292915/Ionian-Sea"@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5642c9d8fbfa3d48dfb52c90dcee8f55 . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5642c9d8fbfa3d48dfb52c90dcee8f55 "\n Irish Sea,\u00A0Irish Muir \u00C9ireann,\u00A0 arm of the North Atlantic Ocean that separates Ireland from Great Britain. The Irish Sea is bounded by Scotland on the north, England on the east, Wales on the south, and Ireland on the west. The sea is connected with the Atlantic by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and by St. George?s Channel between the southeastern tip of Ireland and southwestern Wales. The sea is about 130 miles (210 km) long and 150 miles (240 km) wide. Its total area is approximately 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km). Its greatest depth measures about 576 feet (175 m) at the Mull of Galloway, near the sea?s junction with the North Channel. In classical times the Irish Sea was known as Oceanus Hibernicus."@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5642c9d8fbfa3d48dfb52c90dcee8f55 "Irish Sea"@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5642c9d8fbfa3d48dfb52c90dcee8f55 . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5642c9d8fbfa3d48dfb52c90dcee8f55 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/294164/Irish-Sea"@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5d1d355de7a5b97123a26eed89fba9a . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5d1d355de7a5b97123a26eed89fba9a "\n Irish Sea,\u00A0Irish Muir \u00C9ireann,\u00A0 arm of the North Atlantic Ocean that separates Ireland from Great Britain. The Irish Sea is bounded by Scotland on the north, England on the east, Wales on the south, and Ireland on the west. The sea is connected with the Atlantic by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and by St. George?s Channel between the southeastern tip of Ireland and southwestern Wales. The sea is about 130 miles (210 km) long and 150 miles (240 km) wide. Its total area is approximately 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km). Its greatest depth measures about 576 feet (175 m) at the Mull of Galloway, near the sea?s junction with the North Channel. In classical times the Irish Sea was known as Oceanus Hibernicus."@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5d1d355de7a5b97123a26eed89fba9a "Irish Sea"@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5d1d355de7a5b97123a26eed89fba9a . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node5d1d355de7a5b97123a26eed89fba9a "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/294164/Irish-Sea"@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node74b096a1fd89e2f87bc0802b48a68666 . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node74b096a1fd89e2f87bc0802b48a68666 "\n Irish Sea,\u00A0Irish Muir \u00C9ireann,\u00A0 arm of the North Atlantic Ocean that separates Ireland from Great Britain. The Irish Sea is bounded by Scotland on the north, England on the east, Wales on the south, and Ireland on the west. The sea is connected with the Atlantic by the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland and by St. George?s Channel between the southeastern tip of Ireland and southwestern Wales. The sea is about 130 miles (210 km) long and 150 miles (240 km) wide. Its total area is approximately 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km). Its greatest depth measures about 576 feet (175 m) at the Mull of Galloway, near the sea?s junction with the North Channel. In classical times the Irish Sea was known as Oceanus Hibernicus."@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node74b096a1fd89e2f87bc0802b48a68666 "Irish Sea"@en . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node74b096a1fd89e2f87bc0802b48a68666 . _:gd89e35949d90891251a3node74b096a1fd89e2f87bc0802b48a68666 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/294164/Irish-Sea"@en . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnode8b96a1f2d21e6a975024c7b5779fd4c . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnode8b96a1f2d21e6a975024c7b5779fd4c "\n Sea of Japan,\u00A0Japanese Nihon-kai, Russian Yaponskoye More, also called East Sea, Korean Tonghae or Donghae,\u00A0 marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded by Japan and Sakhalin Island to the east and by Russia and Korea on the Asian mainland to the west. Its area is 377,600 square miles (978,000 square km). It has a mean depth of 5,748 feet (1,752 metres) and a maximum depth of 12,276 feet (3,742 metres)."@en . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnode8b96a1f2d21e6a975024c7b5779fd4c "Sea of Japan"@en . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnode8b96a1f2d21e6a975024c7b5779fd4c . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnode8b96a1f2d21e6a975024c7b5779fd4c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300960/Sea-of-Japan"@en . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnodef260a9e7315b1271cf8c526aa95c617d . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnodef260a9e7315b1271cf8c526aa95c617d "\n Sea of Japan,\u00A0Japanese Nihon-kai, Russian Yaponskoye More, also called East Sea, Korean Tonghae or Donghae,\u00A0 marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded by Japan and Sakhalin Island to the east and by Russia and Korea on the Asian mainland to the west. Its area is 377,600 square miles (978,000 square km). It has a mean depth of 5,748 feet (1,752 metres) and a maximum depth of 12,276 feet (3,742 metres)."@en . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnodef260a9e7315b1271cf8c526aa95c617d "Sea of Japan"@en . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnodef260a9e7315b1271cf8c526aa95c617d . _:g221aec55f281333a587dnodef260a9e7315b1271cf8c526aa95c617d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300960/Sea-of-Japan"@en . _:g0ccb735b6d91782311d1node67dbd52da432b0fecda776e1e69b61ce . _:g0ccb735b6d91782311d1node67dbd52da432b0fecda776e1e69b61ce "Sea of Japan"@en . _:g0ccb735b6d91782311d1node67dbd52da432b0fecda776e1e69b61ce . _:g0ccb735b6d91782311d1node67dbd52da432b0fecda776e1e69b61ce "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300960/Sea-of-Japan/36049/Hydrology"@en . _:g75e3c069fa02e86a7ad0node38c67132663a5ac6f3178838fe34845b . _:g75e3c069fa02e86a7ad0node38c67132663a5ac6f3178838fe34845b "Sea of Japan"@en . _:g75e3c069fa02e86a7ad0node38c67132663a5ac6f3178838fe34845b . _:g75e3c069fa02e86a7ad0node38c67132663a5ac6f3178838fe34845b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300960/Sea-of-Japan/36052/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g75e3c069fa02e86a7ad0nodee4ca3b4d06b75ed55a7a86fbf2b0 . _:g75e3c069fa02e86a7ad0nodee4ca3b4d06b75ed55a7a86fbf2b0 "Sea of Japan"@en . _:g75e3c069fa02e86a7ad0nodee4ca3b4d06b75ed55a7a86fbf2b0 . _:g75e3c069fa02e86a7ad0nodee4ca3b4d06b75ed55a7a86fbf2b0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/300960/Sea-of-Japan/36052/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g37553ce22f7f1c672c8cnode4c329cb3c8cadf255b9b95169a15250 . _:g37553ce22f7f1c672c8cnode4c329cb3c8cadf255b9b95169a15250 "\n Java Sea,\u00A0Indonesian Laut Jawa,\u00A0 portion of the western Pacific Ocean between the islands of Java and Borneo. It is bordered by Borneo (Kalimantan) on the north, the southern end of Makassar Strait on the northeast, Celebes and the Flores and Bali seas on the east, Java on the south, the Sunda Straits to the Indian Ocean on the southwest, Sumatra on the west, and the islands of Bangka and Belitung (bordering the South China Sea) on the northwest. The sea measures about 900 miles (1,450 km) east-west by 260 miles (420 km) north-south and occupies a total surface area of 167,000 square miles (433,000 square km). It covers the southern section of the 690,000-square-mile (1,790,000-square-km) Sunda Shelf. A shallow sea, it has a mean depth of 151 feet (46 metres). The almost uniform flatness of the sea bottom and the presence of drainage channels (traceable to the mouths of island rivers) indicate that the Sunda Shelf was once a stable, dry, low-relief land area (peneplain) above which were left standing a few monadnocks (granite hills that by virtue of their resistance to erosion form the present islands). During the glacial stages of low sea levels, at least parts of the shelf were exposed above the sea to serve as land bridges for Asiatic fauna to migrate into western Indonesia. From September through May surface currents in the sea flow west. For the rest of the year they trend eastward. The large discharge from rivers on the surrounding islands tends to lower salinity levels in the sea."@en . _:g37553ce22f7f1c672c8cnode4c329cb3c8cadf255b9b95169a15250 "Java Sea"@en . _:g37553ce22f7f1c672c8cnode4c329cb3c8cadf255b9b95169a15250 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/301727/Java-Sea"@en . _:g37553ce22f7f1c672c8cnoded08ceb94e5c0825eeb023d5f5ef344 . _:g37553ce22f7f1c672c8cnoded08ceb94e5c0825eeb023d5f5ef344 "\n Java Sea,\u00A0Indonesian Laut Jawa,\u00A0 portion of the western Pacific Ocean between the islands of Java and Borneo. It is bordered by Borneo (Kalimantan) on the north, the southern end of Makassar Strait on the northeast, Celebes and the Flores and Bali seas on the east, Java on the south, the Sunda Straits to the Indian Ocean on the southwest, Sumatra on the west, and the islands of Bangka and Belitung (bordering the South China Sea) on the northwest. The sea measures about 900 miles (1,450 km) east-west by 260 miles (420 km) north-south and occupies a total surface area of 167,000 square miles (433,000 square km). It covers the southern section of the 690,000-square-mile (1,790,000-square-km) Sunda Shelf. A shallow sea, it has a mean depth of 151 feet (46 metres). The almost uniform flatness of the sea bottom and the presence of drainage channels (traceable to the mouths of island rivers) indicate that the Sunda Shelf was once a stable, dry, low-relief land area (peneplain) above which were left standing a few monadnocks (granite hills that by virtue of their resistance to erosion form the present islands). During the glacial stages of low sea levels, at least parts of the shelf were exposed above the sea to serve as land bridges for Asiatic fauna to migrate into western Indonesia. From September through May surface currents in the sea flow west. For the rest of the year they trend eastward. The large discharge from rivers on the surrounding islands tends to lower salinity levels in the sea."@en . _:g37553ce22f7f1c672c8cnoded08ceb94e5c0825eeb023d5f5ef344 "Java Sea"@en . _:g37553ce22f7f1c672c8cnoded08ceb94e5c0825eeb023d5f5ef344 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/301727/Java-Sea"@en . _:g0857abaf0bc60952b743node902d5cef6abdbd83dfb5644a0aec2ff . _:g0857abaf0bc60952b743node902d5cef6abdbd83dfb5644a0aec2ff "\n Kara Sea,\u00A0Russian Karskoye, Karskoe, or Karskoje More,\u00A0 marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off western Siberia (Russia), between the Novaya Zemlya islands (west), Franz Josef Land (northwest), and the Severnaya Zemlya islands (east). It is connected with the Arctic Basin (north), the Barents Sea (west), and the Laptev Sea (east). It has an area of 340,000 square miles (880,000 square km). Average depth is 417 feet (127 m), and maximum depth is 2,034 feet (620 m)."@en . _:g0857abaf0bc60952b743node902d5cef6abdbd83dfb5644a0aec2ff "Kara Sea"@en . _:g0857abaf0bc60952b743node902d5cef6abdbd83dfb5644a0aec2ff "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/311884/Kara-Sea"@en . _:g0857abaf0bc60952b743nodefe45c7ba91f5cba3e6870b6c039ac . _:g0857abaf0bc60952b743nodefe45c7ba91f5cba3e6870b6c039ac "\n Kara Sea,\u00A0Russian Karskoye, Karskoe, or Karskoje More,\u00A0 marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off western Siberia (Russia), between the Novaya Zemlya islands (west), Franz Josef Land (northwest), and the Severnaya Zemlya islands (east). It is connected with the Arctic Basin (north), the Barents Sea (west), and the Laptev Sea (east). It has an area of 340,000 square miles (880,000 square km). Average depth is 417 feet (127 m), and maximum depth is 2,034 feet (620 m)."@en . _:g0857abaf0bc60952b743nodefe45c7ba91f5cba3e6870b6c039ac "Kara Sea"@en . _:g0857abaf0bc60952b743nodefe45c7ba91f5cba3e6870b6c039ac "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/311884/Kara-Sea"@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79node3ab0f4dcef986afed4273edfcb035dc . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79node3ab0f4dcef986afed4273edfcb035dc "\n Arabian Sea,\u00A0northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, covering a total area of about 1,491,000 square miles (3,862,000 square km) and forming part of the principal sea route between Europe and India. It is bounded to the west by the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to the north by Iran and Pakistan, to the east by India, and to the south by the remainder of the Indian Ocean. To the north the Gulf of Oman connects the sea with the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz. To the west the Gulf of Aden connects it with the Red Sea via the Bab el-Mandeb (B?b al-Mandab) Strait. It has a mean depth of 8,970 feet (2,734 metres). In Roman times its name was Mare Erythraeum (Erythraean Sea)."@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79node3ab0f4dcef986afed4273edfcb035dc "Arabian Sea"@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79node3ab0f4dcef986afed4273edfcb035dc . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79node3ab0f4dcef986afed4273edfcb035dc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31653/Arabian-Sea"@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodec34c9c7fdaa1745a444b1f403fae80c6 . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodec34c9c7fdaa1745a444b1f403fae80c6 "\n Arabian Sea,\u00A0northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, covering a total area of about 1,491,000 square miles (3,862,000 square km) and forming part of the principal sea route between Europe and India. It is bounded to the west by the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to the north by Iran and Pakistan, to the east by India, and to the south by the remainder of the Indian Ocean. To the north the Gulf of Oman connects the sea with the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz. To the west the Gulf of Aden connects it with the Red Sea via the Bab el-Mandeb (B?b al-Mandab) Strait. It has a mean depth of 8,970 feet (2,734 metres). In Roman times its name was Mare Erythraeum (Erythraean Sea)."@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodec34c9c7fdaa1745a444b1f403fae80c6 "Arabian Sea"@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodec34c9c7fdaa1745a444b1f403fae80c6 . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodec34c9c7fdaa1745a444b1f403fae80c6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31653/Arabian-Sea"@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodeebf2308a5728feec0b9849f024bfee . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodeebf2308a5728feec0b9849f024bfee "\n Arabian Sea,\u00A0northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, covering a total area of about 1,491,000 square miles (3,862,000 square km) and forming part of the principal sea route between Europe and India. It is bounded to the west by the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to the north by Iran and Pakistan, to the east by India, and to the south by the remainder of the Indian Ocean. To the north the Gulf of Oman connects the sea with the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz. To the west the Gulf of Aden connects it with the Red Sea via the Bab el-Mandeb (B?b al-Mandab) Strait. It has a mean depth of 8,970 feet (2,734 metres). In Roman times its name was Mare Erythraeum (Erythraean Sea)."@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodeebf2308a5728feec0b9849f024bfee "Arabian Sea"@en . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodeebf2308a5728feec0b9849f024bfee . _:gae8ef16b5d87b92cea79nodeebf2308a5728feec0b9849f024bfee "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31653/Arabian-Sea"@en . _:g0a356f05e6c5327125benode15a8dd968a0ad8615e6e7dcbccc53fd . _:g0a356f05e6c5327125benode15a8dd968a0ad8615e6e7dcbccc53fd "Arabian Sea"@en . _:g0a356f05e6c5327125benode15a8dd968a0ad8615e6e7dcbccc53fd . _:g0a356f05e6c5327125benode15a8dd968a0ad8615e6e7dcbccc53fd "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31653/Arabian-Sea/22722/Transportation"@en . _:g0a356f05e6c5327125benodebc9713f6699adeca24743c7a6021ead2 . _:g0a356f05e6c5327125benodebc9713f6699adeca24743c7a6021ead2 "Arabian Sea"@en . _:g0a356f05e6c5327125benodebc9713f6699adeca24743c7a6021ead2 . _:g0a356f05e6c5327125benodebc9713f6699adeca24743c7a6021ead2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31653/Arabian-Sea/22722/Transportation"@en . _:g18dd9935b3f041f40f69node6f45f1344e4a827fdca36f30a83bcb12 . _:g18dd9935b3f041f40f69node6f45f1344e4a827fdca36f30a83bcb12 "Arabian Sea"@en . _:g18dd9935b3f041f40f69node6f45f1344e4a827fdca36f30a83bcb12 . _:g18dd9935b3f041f40f69node6f45f1344e4a827fdca36f30a83bcb12 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31653/Arabian-Sea/22724/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g24d6a9f2b9c7d946dfb1node30b5735fed13cff7585191091e047 . _:g24d6a9f2b9c7d946dfb1node30b5735fed13cff7585191091e047 "\n Arafura Sea,\u00A0 shallow sea of the western Pacific Ocean, occupying 250,000 square miles (650,000 square km) between the north coast of Australia (Gulf of Carpentaria) and the south coast of New Guinea. It merges with the Timor Sea on the west and the Banda and Ceram seas on the northwest. The Torres Strait connects it with the Coral Sea on the east. Most of the Arafura Sea is underlain by the Arafura Shelf, part of the more extensive Sahul Shelf. It is generally shallow, with depths of 165 to 260 feet (50 to 80 metres), deepening at its western edge, where coral reefs have grown at depths of nearly 2,000 feet (610 metres). The Arafura Shelf appears to have been a low-relief land surface that had an arid climate before it became inundated by the postglacial rise of the sea. The Aru Islands in the north, formed by localized uplift, border the Aru Trough, a curving trench that reaches a maximum depth of 12,000 feet (3,660 metres). The trough is part of a chain of depressions that underlies the Ceram, Arafura, and Timor seas, extending west as the Java Trench in the Indian Ocean."@en . _:g24d6a9f2b9c7d946dfb1node30b5735fed13cff7585191091e047 "Arafura Sea"@en . _:g24d6a9f2b9c7d946dfb1node30b5735fed13cff7585191091e047 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/31864/Arafura-Sea"@en . _:g1431fe1a0af8bf7a82d4nodebe4a68277c76ad7fe424e494035c6e9 . _:g1431fe1a0af8bf7a82d4nodebe4a68277c76ad7fe424e494035c6e9 "\n Koro Sea,\u00A0submarine depression in the floor of the South Pacific Ocean. The sea reaches a depth of more than 9,600 feet (2,930 metres) and intrudes northward and westward onto the shallow submarine shelf upon which the two largest islands of Fiji (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are situated. To the east it encroaches upon a more narrow and elongated shelf that holds Fiji?s Lau Group. Most of the sea-lanes linking the Koro Sea to the islands are densely lined with coral reefs, leaving only a few navigable approaches to the centre of the group of islands. The sea bottom is covered by the heavy basaltic rock common to oceanic basins."@en . _:g1431fe1a0af8bf7a82d4nodebe4a68277c76ad7fe424e494035c6e9 "Koro Sea"@en . _:g1431fe1a0af8bf7a82d4nodebe4a68277c76ad7fe424e494035c6e9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/322537/Koro-Sea"@en . _:ge7f86838857becd87730nodecc6a5a3a611ee3fe1fab187df1b6c14 . _:ge7f86838857becd87730nodecc6a5a3a611ee3fe1fab187df1b6c14 "\n Labrador Sea,\u00A0northwestern arm of the North Atlantic Ocean, between Labrador, Canada (southwest), and Greenland (northeast). It is connected with Baffin Bay (north) through Davis Strait and with Hudson Bay (west) through Hudson Strait. The cold, low-salinity Labrador Current flows southward along the Canadian coast, while the warmer and more saline West Greenland Current moves northward along the Greenland coast. Because the Labrador Current carries numerous icebergs, the main shipping routes are in the eastern part of the sea, where the navigation season extends from midsummer to late fall. Cod fishing is a major industry of the Greenland ports. Many early explorers passed through the Labrador Sea in search of the Northwest Passage, a presumed sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans."@en . _:ge7f86838857becd87730nodecc6a5a3a611ee3fe1fab187df1b6c14 "Labrador Sea"@en . _:ge7f86838857becd87730nodecc6a5a3a611ee3fe1fab187df1b6c14 . _:ge7f86838857becd87730nodecc6a5a3a611ee3fe1fab187df1b6c14 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/327021/Labrador-Sea"@en . _:g2a53eec27617323937bfnode943f172fb5e22adacf2b7d4ef7747eff . _:g2a53eec27617323937bfnode943f172fb5e22adacf2b7d4ef7747eff "\n Laptev Sea,\u00A0Russian More Laptevykh,\u00A0 marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Northern Siberia (Russia), bounded by the Taymyr Peninsula (Poluostrov) and the islands of Severnaya Zemlya on the west and by the New Siberian Islands and Kotelny Island on the east. It is connected in the west with the Kara Sea and in the east with the East Siberian Sea. Formerly called the Siberian Sea, it was renamed in 1935 after Khariton and Dmitry Laptev, the brothers who first mapped its shores (1735?40). Its area is about 276,000 square miles (714,000 square km), the average depth 1,896 feet (578 m), and the greatest depth 9,774 feet (2,980 m)."@en . _:g2a53eec27617323937bfnode943f172fb5e22adacf2b7d4ef7747eff "Laptev Sea"@en . _:g2a53eec27617323937bfnode943f172fb5e22adacf2b7d4ef7747eff "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/330412/Laptev-Sea"@en . _:g77e5508364b1b69d89b3node87ac3242f16b2ce1c77acd94b2fc386 . _:g77e5508364b1b69d89b3node87ac3242f16b2ce1c77acd94b2fc386 "\n Ligurian Sea,\u00A0Latin Mare Ligusticum, Italian Mare Ligure, French Mer Ligurienne,\u00A0 arm of the Mediterranean Sea indenting the northwestern coast of Italy. It extends between Liguria and Tuscany (north and east) and the French island of Corsica (south). It receives many rivers that originate in the Apennines, and it reaches a depth of more than 9,300 feet (2,850 m) northwest of Corsica. The sea includes the Gulf of Genoa in the north and is connected through the Tuscan Archipelago in the southeast with the Tyrrhenian Sea."@en . _:g77e5508364b1b69d89b3node87ac3242f16b2ce1c77acd94b2fc386 "Ligurian Sea"@en . _:g77e5508364b1b69d89b3node87ac3242f16b2ce1c77acd94b2fc386 . _:g77e5508364b1b69d89b3node87ac3242f16b2ce1c77acd94b2fc386 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/340889/Ligurian-Sea"@en . _:g70e74f968b7544a05ec4node5fa6279a48be681e1e2df254ad9e9cce . _:g70e74f968b7544a05ec4node5fa6279a48be681e1e2df254ad9e9cce "\n Sea of Marmara,\u00A0Turkish Marmara Denizi, historically Propontis,\u00A0 inland sea partly separating the Asiatic and European parts of Turkey. It is connected through the Bosporus on the northeast with the Black Sea and through the Dardanelles on the southwest with the Aegean Sea. It is 175 miles (280 km) long from northeast to southwest and nearly 50 miles (80 km) wide at its greatest width. Despite its small area, 4,382 square miles (11,350 square km), its average depth is about 1,620 feet (494 m), reaching a maximum of 4,446 feet (1,355 m) in the centre. It has no strong currents. Salinity, which averages 22 parts per thousand, is greatest at the end nearest the Dardanelles. The sea was formed as a result of crustal movements that occurred about 2.5 million years ago. It is an area of frequent earthquakes."@en . _:g70e74f968b7544a05ec4node5fa6279a48be681e1e2df254ad9e9cce "Sea of Marmara"@en . _:g70e74f968b7544a05ec4node5fa6279a48be681e1e2df254ad9e9cce "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/365921/Sea-of-Marmara"@en . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1node68b9a3ea6e493925fb9b9ff69e67f89b . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1node68b9a3ea6e493925fb9b9ff69e67f89b "Mediterranean Sea,\u00A0an intercontinental sea that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to Asia on the east and separates Europe from Africa. It has often been called the incubator of Western civilization. This ancient ?sea between the lands? occupies a deep, elongated, and almost landlocked irregular depression lying between latitudes 30? and 46? N and longitudes 5?50? W and 36? E. Its west-east extent?from the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco to the shores of the Gulf of Iskenderun on the southwestern coast of Turkey?is approximately 2,500 miles (4,000 km), and its average north-south extent, between Croatia?s southernmost shores and Libya, is about 500 miles (800 km). The Mediterranean Sea, including the Sea of Marmara, occupies an area of approximately 970,000 square miles (2,510,000 square km)."@en . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1node68b9a3ea6e493925fb9b9ff69e67f89b "Mediterranean Sea"@en . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1node68b9a3ea6e493925fb9b9ff69e67f89b . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1node68b9a3ea6e493925fb9b9ff69e67f89b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/372694/Mediterranean-Sea"@en . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1nodebfacf6faaaeecc34de3525fabe746f . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1nodebfacf6faaaeecc34de3525fabe746f "Mediterranean Sea,\u00A0an intercontinental sea that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the west to Asia on the east and separates Europe from Africa. It has often been called the incubator of Western civilization. This ancient ?sea between the lands? occupies a deep, elongated, and almost landlocked irregular depression lying between latitudes 30? and 46? N and longitudes 5?50? W and 36? E. Its west-east extent?from the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco to the shores of the Gulf of Iskenderun on the southwestern coast of Turkey?is approximately 2,500 miles (4,000 km), and its average north-south extent, between Croatia?s southernmost shores and Libya, is about 500 miles (800 km). The Mediterranean Sea, including the Sea of Marmara, occupies an area of approximately 970,000 square miles (2,510,000 square km)."@en . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1nodebfacf6faaaeecc34de3525fabe746f "Mediterranean Sea"@en . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1nodebfacf6faaaeecc34de3525fabe746f . _:gcb38e503b1511a8602a1nodebfacf6faaaeecc34de3525fabe746f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/372694/Mediterranean-Sea"@en . _:gf5faa3d70a4c0fb7edf9nodefbbb364493d6a38130b94e4a5b18946d . _:gf5faa3d70a4c0fb7edf9nodefbbb364493d6a38130b94e4a5b18946d "Mediterranean Sea"@en . _:gf5faa3d70a4c0fb7edf9nodefbbb364493d6a38130b94e4a5b18946d . _:gf5faa3d70a4c0fb7edf9nodefbbb364493d6a38130b94e4a5b18946d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/372694/Mediterranean-Sea/33240/Geology"@en . _:gc440491e3b624c7d9ddfnode1cb3170e696d8a069e62908b45a8c3 . _:gc440491e3b624c7d9ddfnode1cb3170e696d8a069e62908b45a8c3 "Mediterranean Sea"@en . _:gc440491e3b624c7d9ddfnode1cb3170e696d8a069e62908b45a8c3 . 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_:g6e6b03345791aee87ed5node904524681dc087ff16253b8b5ad34476 "\n Molucca Sea,\u00A0Indonesian Laut Maluku,\u00A0 portion of the western Pacific Ocean, bounded by the Indonesian islands of Celebes (west), Halmahera (east), and the Sula group (south). With a total surface area of 77,000 square miles (200,000 square km), the Molucca Sea merges with the Ceram Sea to the southeast, with the Banda Sea to the south, and with the open Pacific through the 150-mile- (240-kilometre-) wide Molucca Passage to the northeast. The sea?s floor is subdivided into three zones, which serve to conduct deep water from the Pacific to the lesser seas. The deepest depression of the Molucca Sea is the 15,780-foot (4,810-metre) Batjan (Bacan) basin. This area of the Pacific often experiences earthquakes and crustal warping."@en . _:g6e6b03345791aee87ed5node904524681dc087ff16253b8b5ad34476 "Molucca Sea"@en . _:g6e6b03345791aee87ed5node904524681dc087ff16253b8b5ad34476 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/388551/Molucca-Sea"@en . _:g6e6b03345791aee87ed5nodef733e588f9e47bcb67fb5afe21cc72c9 . _:g6e6b03345791aee87ed5nodef733e588f9e47bcb67fb5afe21cc72c9 "\n Molucca Sea,\u00A0Indonesian Laut Maluku,\u00A0 portion of the western Pacific Ocean, bounded by the Indonesian islands of Celebes (west), Halmahera (east), and the Sula group (south). With a total surface area of 77,000 square miles (200,000 square km), the Molucca Sea merges with the Ceram Sea to the southeast, with the Banda Sea to the south, and with the open Pacific through the 150-mile- (240-kilometre-) wide Molucca Passage to the northeast. The sea?s floor is subdivided into three zones, which serve to conduct deep water from the Pacific to the lesser seas. The deepest depression of the Molucca Sea is the 15,780-foot (4,810-metre) Batjan (Bacan) basin. This area of the Pacific often experiences earthquakes and crustal warping."@en . _:g6e6b03345791aee87ed5nodef733e588f9e47bcb67fb5afe21cc72c9 "Molucca Sea"@en . _:g6e6b03345791aee87ed5nodef733e588f9e47bcb67fb5afe21cc72c9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/388551/Molucca-Sea"@en . _:g1d91644b512c5f1d38aanode91b8ea1fd719e67a70d63a4a9b4aec2 . _:g1d91644b512c5f1d38aanode91b8ea1fd719e67a70d63a4a9b4aec2 "\n North Sea,\u00A0shallow, northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the British Isles and the mainland of northwestern Europe and covering an area of 220,000 square miles (570,000 square km). The sea is bordered by the island of Great Britain to the southwest and west, the Orkney and Shetland islands to the northwest, Norway to the northeast, Denmark to the east, Germany and the Netherlands to the southeast, and Belgium and France to the south. It is connected to the Atlantic by the Strait of Dover and the English Channel and opens directly onto the ocean between the Orkney and Shetland islands and between the Shetland Islands and Norway. The Skagerrak, an eastward extension of the North Sea between Norway and Denmark, connects the North and Baltic seas via the Kattegat and the Danish straits."@en . _:g1d91644b512c5f1d38aanode91b8ea1fd719e67a70d63a4a9b4aec2 "North Sea"@en . _:g1d91644b512c5f1d38aanode91b8ea1fd719e67a70d63a4a9b4aec2 . _:g1d91644b512c5f1d38aanode91b8ea1fd719e67a70d63a4a9b4aec2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419398/North-Sea"@en . _:gb82929eef6bd6c6a2143nodebf94e597467f5331335cf7bacc416e3 . _:gb82929eef6bd6c6a2143nodebf94e597467f5331335cf7bacc416e3 "North Sea"@en . _:gb82929eef6bd6c6a2143nodebf94e597467f5331335cf7bacc416e3 . _:gb82929eef6bd6c6a2143nodebf94e597467f5331335cf7bacc416e3 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419398/North-Sea/33268/Hydrology"@en . _:g06af39d381f47913c432nodecf3ba11d494f8c25d9eea6b8f89c76 . _:g06af39d381f47913c432nodecf3ba11d494f8c25d9eea6b8f89c76 "North Sea"@en . _:g06af39d381f47913c432nodecf3ba11d494f8c25d9eea6b8f89c76 . _:g06af39d381f47913c432nodecf3ba11d494f8c25d9eea6b8f89c76 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419398/North-Sea/33274/Reclamation-and-flood-control-projects"@en . _:g5363d1f6a3b060c76f95node61ef1e448114d918283afc384fd440 . _:g5363d1f6a3b060c76f95node61ef1e448114d918283afc384fd440 "North Sea"@en . _:g5363d1f6a3b060c76f95node61ef1e448114d918283afc384fd440 . _:g5363d1f6a3b060c76f95node61ef1e448114d918283afc384fd440 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/419398/North-Sea/33277/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g19d24d2238f27f8c2f44nodeacacfafc20e6fa1d6018cd2c2c48c41f . _:g19d24d2238f27f8c2f44nodeacacfafc20e6fa1d6018cd2c2c48c41f "\n Norwegian Sea,\u00A0Norwegian Norskehavet,\u00A0 section of the North Atlantic Ocean, bordered by the Greenland and Barents seas (northwest through northeast); Norway (east); the North Sea, the Shetland and Faroe islands, and the Atlantic Ocean (south); and Iceland and Jan Mayen Island (west). The sea reaches a maximum depth of about 13,020 feet (3,970 m), and it maintains a salinity of about 35 parts per 1,000. A submarine ridge linking Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and north Scotland separates the Norwegian Sea from the open Atlantic. Cut by the Arctic Circle, the sea is often associated with the Arctic Ocean to the north. The warm Norway Current flows northeastward off the Norway coast and produces generally ice-free conditions. Colder currents mixing with this warm water create excellent fishing grounds (mainly for cod, herring, and whitefish), especially around coastal regions of Iceland and Norway and the Shetland and Faroe islands."@en . _:g19d24d2238f27f8c2f44nodeacacfafc20e6fa1d6018cd2c2c48c41f "Norwegian Sea"@en . _:g19d24d2238f27f8c2f44nodeacacfafc20e6fa1d6018cd2c2c48c41f . _:g19d24d2238f27f8c2f44nodeacacfafc20e6fa1d6018cd2c2c48c41f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/420384/Norwegian-Sea"@en . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodeb6a96c49cde61dffd4c883f7569cf47 . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodeb6a96c49cde61dffd4c883f7569cf47 "\n Sea of Okhotsk,\u00A0Russian Okhotskoye More, or Ochotskoje More,\u00A0 northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean, bounded on the west and north by the east coast of Asia from Cape Lazarev to the mouth of the Penzhina River, on the east and southeast by the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands, on the south by the northern coast of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and on the southwest by Sakhalin Island. Except for the small area touching Hokkaido, the sea is completely enclosed by Russian territory. Its area covers 611,000 square miles (1,583,000 square km), and it has a mean depth of about 2,818 feet (859 metres). The sea?s maximum depth is 11,063 feet (3,372 metres)."@en . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodeb6a96c49cde61dffd4c883f7569cf47 "Sea of Okhotsk"@en . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodeb6a96c49cde61dffd4c883f7569cf47 . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodeb6a96c49cde61dffd4c883f7569cf47 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426476/Sea-of-Okhotsk"@en . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodec4def429a42f455088e5879c26d20a0 . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodec4def429a42f455088e5879c26d20a0 "\n Sea of Okhotsk,\u00A0Russian Okhotskoye More, or Ochotskoje More,\u00A0 northwestern arm of the Pacific Ocean, bounded on the west and north by the east coast of Asia from Cape Lazarev to the mouth of the Penzhina River, on the east and southeast by the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands, on the south by the northern coast of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, and on the southwest by Sakhalin Island. Except for the small area touching Hokkaido, the sea is completely enclosed by Russian territory. Its area covers 611,000 square miles (1,583,000 square km), and it has a mean depth of about 2,818 feet (859 metres). The sea?s maximum depth is 11,063 feet (3,372 metres)."@en . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodec4def429a42f455088e5879c26d20a0 "Sea of Okhotsk"@en . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodec4def429a42f455088e5879c26d20a0 . _:gc977f48591b0671c28b9nodec4def429a42f455088e5879c26d20a0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426476/Sea-of-Okhotsk"@en . _:gbb17439a579df68848c9node5865cf5c1e8772f9409ead39beeae6 . _:gbb17439a579df68848c9node5865cf5c1e8772f9409ead39beeae6 "Sea of Okhotsk"@en . _:gbb17439a579df68848c9node5865cf5c1e8772f9409ead39beeae6 . _:gbb17439a579df68848c9node5865cf5c1e8772f9409ead39beeae6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426476/Sea-of-Okhotsk/36059/Navigation"@en . _:g8bb048d18ed71bcadc4cnode23760a02ec071fb36f13d9acae69327 . _:g8bb048d18ed71bcadc4cnode23760a02ec071fb36f13d9acae69327 "Sea of Okhotsk"@en . _:g8bb048d18ed71bcadc4cnode23760a02ec071fb36f13d9acae69327 . _:g8bb048d18ed71bcadc4cnode23760a02ec071fb36f13d9acae69327 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/426476/Sea-of-Okhotsk/36061/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodeb0756ee2c58a1d791930844ffbf396d8 . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodeb0756ee2c58a1d791930844ffbf396d8 "\n Persian Gulf,\u00A0Arabic Ba?r F?ris, Persian Khal?j-e F?rs, also called Arabian Gulf,\u00A0 shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran. The sea has an area of about 93,000 square miles (241,000 square km). Its length is some 615 miles (990 km), and its width varies from a maximum of about 210 miles (340 km) to a minimum of 35 miles (55 km) in the Strait of Hormuz. It is bordered on the north, northeast, and east by Iran; on the southeast and south by part of Oman and by the United Arab Emirates; on the southwest and west by Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia; and on the northwest by Kuwait and Iraq. The term Persian Gulf (or Arabian Gulf, the name used by Arabs) sometimes is employed to refer not only to the Persian Gulf proper but also to its outlets, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, which open into the Arabian Sea. This discussion, however, focuses primarily on the Persian Gulf proper."@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodeb0756ee2c58a1d791930844ffbf396d8 "Persian Gulf"@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodeb0756ee2c58a1d791930844ffbf396d8 . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodeb0756ee2c58a1d791930844ffbf396d8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/452764/Persian-Gulf"@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831noded82a53bc9e3a79296967ab267e44bf . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831noded82a53bc9e3a79296967ab267e44bf "\n Persian Gulf,\u00A0Arabic Ba?r F?ris, Persian Khal?j-e F?rs, also called Arabian Gulf,\u00A0 shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran. The sea has an area of about 93,000 square miles (241,000 square km). Its length is some 615 miles (990 km), and its width varies from a maximum of about 210 miles (340 km) to a minimum of 35 miles (55 km) in the Strait of Hormuz. It is bordered on the north, northeast, and east by Iran; on the southeast and south by part of Oman and by the United Arab Emirates; on the southwest and west by Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia; and on the northwest by Kuwait and Iraq. The term Persian Gulf (or Arabian Gulf, the name used by Arabs) sometimes is employed to refer not only to the Persian Gulf proper but also to its outlets, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, which open into the Arabian Sea. This discussion, however, focuses primarily on the Persian Gulf proper."@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831noded82a53bc9e3a79296967ab267e44bf "Persian Gulf"@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831noded82a53bc9e3a79296967ab267e44bf . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831noded82a53bc9e3a79296967ab267e44bf "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/452764/Persian-Gulf"@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodedba1821b4371776f1d91615af7164cd . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodedba1821b4371776f1d91615af7164cd "\n Persian Gulf,\u00A0Arabic Ba?r F?ris, Persian Khal?j-e F?rs, also called Arabian Gulf,\u00A0 shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran. The sea has an area of about 93,000 square miles (241,000 square km). Its length is some 615 miles (990 km), and its width varies from a maximum of about 210 miles (340 km) to a minimum of 35 miles (55 km) in the Strait of Hormuz. It is bordered on the north, northeast, and east by Iran; on the southeast and south by part of Oman and by the United Arab Emirates; on the southwest and west by Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia; and on the northwest by Kuwait and Iraq. The term Persian Gulf (or Arabian Gulf, the name used by Arabs) sometimes is employed to refer not only to the Persian Gulf proper but also to its outlets, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, which open into the Arabian Sea. This discussion, however, focuses primarily on the Persian Gulf proper."@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodedba1821b4371776f1d91615af7164cd "Persian Gulf"@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodedba1821b4371776f1d91615af7164cd . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodedba1821b4371776f1d91615af7164cd "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/452764/Persian-Gulf"@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodef487a66f167285afea3aea8c9d51f2 . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodef487a66f167285afea3aea8c9d51f2 "\n Persian Gulf,\u00A0Arabic Ba?r F?ris, Persian Khal?j-e F?rs, also called Arabian Gulf,\u00A0 shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran. The sea has an area of about 93,000 square miles (241,000 square km). Its length is some 615 miles (990 km), and its width varies from a maximum of about 210 miles (340 km) to a minimum of 35 miles (55 km) in the Strait of Hormuz. It is bordered on the north, northeast, and east by Iran; on the southeast and south by part of Oman and by the United Arab Emirates; on the southwest and west by Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia; and on the northwest by Kuwait and Iraq. The term Persian Gulf (or Arabian Gulf, the name used by Arabs) sometimes is employed to refer not only to the Persian Gulf proper but also to its outlets, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman, which open into the Arabian Sea. This discussion, however, focuses primarily on the Persian Gulf proper."@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodef487a66f167285afea3aea8c9d51f2 "Persian Gulf"@en . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodef487a66f167285afea3aea8c9d51f2 . _:gf1fff8a9207b3362f831nodef487a66f167285afea3aea8c9d51f2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/452764/Persian-Gulf"@en . _:g79937034da3e31316694nodeae77f58a243bd78868aa222fbb3884b . _:g79937034da3e31316694nodeae77f58a243bd78868aa222fbb3884b "Persian Gulf"@en . _:g79937034da3e31316694nodeae77f58a243bd78868aa222fbb3884b . _:g79937034da3e31316694nodeae77f58a243bd78868aa222fbb3884b "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/452764/Persian-Gulf/22739/Hydrology"@en . _:g79937034da3e31316694nodec6862ec354ff3ad922d56e3d8245ca1 . _:g79937034da3e31316694nodec6862ec354ff3ad922d56e3d8245ca1 "Persian Gulf"@en . _:g79937034da3e31316694nodec6862ec354ff3ad922d56e3d8245ca1 . _:g79937034da3e31316694nodec6862ec354ff3ad922d56e3d8245ca1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/452764/Persian-Gulf/22739/Hydrology"@en . _:gd654c7c00f476590a57bnode9731604b2286af74f561ed70fb51698c . _:gd654c7c00f476590a57bnode9731604b2286af74f561ed70fb51698c "Persian Gulf"@en . _:gd654c7c00f476590a57bnode9731604b2286af74f561ed70fb51698c . _:gd654c7c00f476590a57bnode9731604b2286af74f561ed70fb51698c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/452764/Persian-Gulf/22744/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node23cbbb9c7c5794f892d55d992494678 . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node23cbbb9c7c5794f892d55d992494678 "\n Philippine Sea,\u00A0 section of the western North Pacific Ocean, lying east and north of the Philippines. The floor of this portion of the ocean is formed into a structural basin by a series of geologic folds and faults that protrude above the surface in the form of bordering island arcs. The Philippine islands of Luzon, Samar, and Mindanao are on the southwest; Palau, Yap, and Ulithi (of the Carolines) on the southeast; the Marianas, including Guam, Saipan, and Tinian, on the east; the Bonin and Volcano islands (Iwo Jima) on the northeast; the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu on the north; the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) on the northwest; and Taiwan (Formosa) in the extreme west. They surround an area measuring 1,800 miles (2,900 km) north-south by 1,500 miles east-west and occupying a total surface area of 40,000 square miles (1,000,000 square km), about 3 percent of the entire Pacific region. The basin, with a general depth of 19,700 feet (6,000 m), plunges to its greatest depths in trenches to the east of the island arcs. The deepest is the Philippine Trench at 34,578 feet (10,539 m). Numerous seamounts rise from the basin floor, some of which are volcanic; their peaks, often flat (called tablemounts, or guyots), are capped with coral. The warm Pacific North Equatorial Current flows westward across the southern part of the sea. On meeting the Philippines, the current divides; part swings north near Luzon to form the Kuroshio (Japan Current), of which some will return to the sea as the Kuroshio Countercurrent, and part swings south as the Pacific Equatorial Countercurrent. These currents, together with areas near reefs, ridges, and seamounts, are the sites of fishing grounds. Typhoons, which become particularly strong in September, originate in the sea."@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node23cbbb9c7c5794f892d55d992494678 "Philippine Sea"@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node23cbbb9c7c5794f892d55d992494678 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/456389/Philippine-Sea"@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node293ae87a24cb6628d15f3c13f3fc8eea . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node293ae87a24cb6628d15f3c13f3fc8eea "\n Philippine Sea,\u00A0 section of the western North Pacific Ocean, lying east and north of the Philippines. The floor of this portion of the ocean is formed into a structural basin by a series of geologic folds and faults that protrude above the surface in the form of bordering island arcs. The Philippine islands of Luzon, Samar, and Mindanao are on the southwest; Palau, Yap, and Ulithi (of the Carolines) on the southeast; the Marianas, including Guam, Saipan, and Tinian, on the east; the Bonin and Volcano islands (Iwo Jima) on the northeast; the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu on the north; the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) on the northwest; and Taiwan (Formosa) in the extreme west. They surround an area measuring 1,800 miles (2,900 km) north-south by 1,500 miles east-west and occupying a total surface area of 40,000 square miles (1,000,000 square km), about 3 percent of the entire Pacific region. The basin, with a general depth of 19,700 feet (6,000 m), plunges to its greatest depths in trenches to the east of the island arcs. The deepest is the Philippine Trench at 34,578 feet (10,539 m). Numerous seamounts rise from the basin floor, some of which are volcanic; their peaks, often flat (called tablemounts, or guyots), are capped with coral. The warm Pacific North Equatorial Current flows westward across the southern part of the sea. On meeting the Philippines, the current divides; part swings north near Luzon to form the Kuroshio (Japan Current), of which some will return to the sea as the Kuroshio Countercurrent, and part swings south as the Pacific Equatorial Countercurrent. These currents, together with areas near reefs, ridges, and seamounts, are the sites of fishing grounds. Typhoons, which become particularly strong in September, originate in the sea."@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node293ae87a24cb6628d15f3c13f3fc8eea "Philippine Sea"@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node293ae87a24cb6628d15f3c13f3fc8eea "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/456389/Philippine-Sea"@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node907e2cff6833a3fd6e4716ec4ba24399 . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node907e2cff6833a3fd6e4716ec4ba24399 "\n Philippine Sea,\u00A0 section of the western North Pacific Ocean, lying east and north of the Philippines. The floor of this portion of the ocean is formed into a structural basin by a series of geologic folds and faults that protrude above the surface in the form of bordering island arcs. The Philippine islands of Luzon, Samar, and Mindanao are on the southwest; Palau, Yap, and Ulithi (of the Carolines) on the southeast; the Marianas, including Guam, Saipan, and Tinian, on the east; the Bonin and Volcano islands (Iwo Jima) on the northeast; the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu on the north; the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) on the northwest; and Taiwan (Formosa) in the extreme west. They surround an area measuring 1,800 miles (2,900 km) north-south by 1,500 miles east-west and occupying a total surface area of 40,000 square miles (1,000,000 square km), about 3 percent of the entire Pacific region. The basin, with a general depth of 19,700 feet (6,000 m), plunges to its greatest depths in trenches to the east of the island arcs. The deepest is the Philippine Trench at 34,578 feet (10,539 m). Numerous seamounts rise from the basin floor, some of which are volcanic; their peaks, often flat (called tablemounts, or guyots), are capped with coral. The warm Pacific North Equatorial Current flows westward across the southern part of the sea. On meeting the Philippines, the current divides; part swings north near Luzon to form the Kuroshio (Japan Current), of which some will return to the sea as the Kuroshio Countercurrent, and part swings south as the Pacific Equatorial Countercurrent. These currents, together with areas near reefs, ridges, and seamounts, are the sites of fishing grounds. Typhoons, which become particularly strong in September, originate in the sea."@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node907e2cff6833a3fd6e4716ec4ba24399 "Philippine Sea"@en . _:gcf47846649421b7e8bd3node907e2cff6833a3fd6e4716ec4ba24399 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/456389/Philippine-Sea"@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node5114eee84549aa9e60bb364bf92587e . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node5114eee84549aa9e60bb364bf92587e "\n Sea of Azov,\u00A0Russian Azovskoye More, or Azovskoe More,\u00A0 inland sea situated off the southern shores of Ukraine and Russia. It forms a northern extension of the Black Sea, to which it is linked on the south by the Kerch Strait. The Sea of Azov is about 210 miles (340 km) long and 85 miles (135 km) wide and has an area of about 14,500 square miles (37,600 square km). Into the Sea of Azov flow the great Don and Kuban rivers and many lesser ones such as the Mius, the Berda, the Obitochnaya, and the Yeya. In the sea?s western part lies the Arabat Spit, a 70-mile- (113-kilometre-) long sandbar that separates it from the Syvash, a system of marshy inlets that divides the Crimean Peninsula from the Ukrainian mainland."@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node5114eee84549aa9e60bb364bf92587e "Sea of Azov"@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node5114eee84549aa9e60bb364bf92587e . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node5114eee84549aa9e60bb364bf92587e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/46968/Sea-of-Azov"@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node681f622c191429f578a3888947e2a1 . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node681f622c191429f578a3888947e2a1 "\n Sea of Azov,\u00A0Russian Azovskoye More, or Azovskoe More,\u00A0 inland sea situated off the southern shores of Ukraine and Russia. It forms a northern extension of the Black Sea, to which it is linked on the south by the Kerch Strait. The Sea of Azov is about 210 miles (340 km) long and 85 miles (135 km) wide and has an area of about 14,500 square miles (37,600 square km). Into the Sea of Azov flow the great Don and Kuban rivers and many lesser ones such as the Mius, the Berda, the Obitochnaya, and the Yeya. In the sea?s western part lies the Arabat Spit, a 70-mile- (113-kilometre-) long sandbar that separates it from the Syvash, a system of marshy inlets that divides the Crimean Peninsula from the Ukrainian mainland."@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node681f622c191429f578a3888947e2a1 "Sea of Azov"@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node681f622c191429f578a3888947e2a1 . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698node681f622c191429f578a3888947e2a1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/46968/Sea-of-Azov"@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698nodefa4c72f420fcc44332e5553b7f579 . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698nodefa4c72f420fcc44332e5553b7f579 "\n Sea of Azov,\u00A0Russian Azovskoye More, or Azovskoe More,\u00A0 inland sea situated off the southern shores of Ukraine and Russia. It forms a northern extension of the Black Sea, to which it is linked on the south by the Kerch Strait. The Sea of Azov is about 210 miles (340 km) long and 85 miles (135 km) wide and has an area of about 14,500 square miles (37,600 square km). Into the Sea of Azov flow the great Don and Kuban rivers and many lesser ones such as the Mius, the Berda, the Obitochnaya, and the Yeya. In the sea?s western part lies the Arabat Spit, a 70-mile- (113-kilometre-) long sandbar that separates it from the Syvash, a system of marshy inlets that divides the Crimean Peninsula from the Ukrainian mainland."@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698nodefa4c72f420fcc44332e5553b7f579 "Sea of Azov"@en . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698nodefa4c72f420fcc44332e5553b7f579 . _:g8ff3e6dc3567a0537698nodefa4c72f420fcc44332e5553b7f579 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/46968/Sea-of-Azov"@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node5328567493589b8e1d72cba75c28fc . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node5328567493589b8e1d72cba75c28fc "Red Sea,\u00A0Arabic Al-Ba?r Al-A?mar ,\u00A0\n narrow strip of water extending southeastward from Suez, Egypt, for about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects with the Gulf of Aden and thence with the Arabian Sea. Geologically, the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba (Elat) must be considered as the northern extension of the same structure. The sea separates the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea to the west from those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the east. Its maximum width is 190 miles, its greatest depth 9,974 feet (3,040 metres), and its area approximately 174,000 square miles (450,000 square km)."@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node5328567493589b8e1d72cba75c28fc "Red Sea"@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node5328567493589b8e1d72cba75c28fc . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node5328567493589b8e1d72cba75c28fc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea"@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node7bd1ba282aadcc6936b681ea48bcf2d . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node7bd1ba282aadcc6936b681ea48bcf2d "Red Sea,\u00A0Arabic Al-Ba?r Al-A?mar ,\u00A0\n narrow strip of water extending southeastward from Suez, Egypt, for about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects with the Gulf of Aden and thence with the Arabian Sea. Geologically, the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba (Elat) must be considered as the northern extension of the same structure. The sea separates the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea to the west from those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the east. Its maximum width is 190 miles, its greatest depth 9,974 feet (3,040 metres), and its area approximately 174,000 square miles (450,000 square km)."@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node7bd1ba282aadcc6936b681ea48bcf2d "Red Sea"@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node7bd1ba282aadcc6936b681ea48bcf2d . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81node7bd1ba282aadcc6936b681ea48bcf2d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea"@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81nodea8708985bfc2fc748b793d5241eae50 . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81nodea8708985bfc2fc748b793d5241eae50 "Red Sea,\u00A0Arabic Al-Ba?r Al-A?mar ,\u00A0\n narrow strip of water extending southeastward from Suez, Egypt, for about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects with the Gulf of Aden and thence with the Arabian Sea. Geologically, the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba (Elat) must be considered as the northern extension of the same structure. The sea separates the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea to the west from those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the east. Its maximum width is 190 miles, its greatest depth 9,974 feet (3,040 metres), and its area approximately 174,000 square miles (450,000 square km)."@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81nodea8708985bfc2fc748b793d5241eae50 "Red Sea"@en . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81nodea8708985bfc2fc748b793d5241eae50 . _:g273d7b569237477c7b81nodea8708985bfc2fc748b793d5241eae50 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea"@en . _:g034b11a9173a6f1794bbnode9878244da58df0559c114e5d44b839d . _:g034b11a9173a6f1794bbnode9878244da58df0559c114e5d44b839d "Red Sea"@en . _:g034b11a9173a6f1794bbnode9878244da58df0559c114e5d44b839d . _:g034b11a9173a6f1794bbnode9878244da58df0559c114e5d44b839d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea/22745/Physical-features"@en . _:gf10529ee087f7eb7756cnode818923ba7eb87c3cef1a7a341353bd26 . _:gf10529ee087f7eb7756cnode818923ba7eb87c3cef1a7a341353bd26 "Red Sea"@en . _:gf10529ee087f7eb7756cnode818923ba7eb87c3cef1a7a341353bd26 . _:gf10529ee087f7eb7756cnode818923ba7eb87c3cef1a7a341353bd26 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea/22748/Climate"@en . _:g8c32cd937280881626f6noded8c2c5b25c15f85ba1f461e525197c15 . _:g8c32cd937280881626f6noded8c2c5b25c15f85ba1f461e525197c15 "Red Sea"@en . _:g8c32cd937280881626f6noded8c2c5b25c15f85ba1f461e525197c15 . _:g8c32cd937280881626f6noded8c2c5b25c15f85ba1f461e525197c15 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea/22749/Hydrology"@en . _:g772f5f8f8d293ed0effenode6e13ee683a9952251beb58b89a9aa . _:g772f5f8f8d293ed0effenode6e13ee683a9952251beb58b89a9aa "Red Sea"@en . _:g772f5f8f8d293ed0effenode6e13ee683a9952251beb58b89a9aa . _:g772f5f8f8d293ed0effenode6e13ee683a9952251beb58b89a9aa "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea/22750/Economic-aspects"@en . _:gd7b0d6370f90b9a2565bnode1622f9f37cc468a622fb41a662924f7 . _:gd7b0d6370f90b9a2565bnode1622f9f37cc468a622fb41a662924f7 "Red Sea"@en . _:gd7b0d6370f90b9a2565bnode1622f9f37cc468a622fb41a662924f7 . _:gd7b0d6370f90b9a2565bnode1622f9f37cc468a622fb41a662924f7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea/22752/Navigation"@en . _:g02efe06be05cd3eed43cnode751ab056a4c1a0f41c4d9916e9fda40 . _:g02efe06be05cd3eed43cnode751ab056a4c1a0f41c4d9916e9fda40 "Red Sea"@en . _:g02efe06be05cd3eed43cnode751ab056a4c1a0f41c4d9916e9fda40 . _:g02efe06be05cd3eed43cnode751ab056a4c1a0f41c4d9916e9fda40 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/494479/Red-Sea/22753/Study-and-exploration"@en . _:g53be5240d3e856bb8c1cnode62383c5e92dec1fea13128dedfcd60c8 . _:g53be5240d3e856bb8c1cnode62383c5e92dec1fea13128dedfcd60c8 "Baltic Sea,\u00A0German Ostsee, Swedish ?stersj?n, Russian Baltiyskoye More, Finnish It?meri, Polish Morze Ba?tyckie,\u00A0\n arm of the North Atlantic Ocean, extending northward from the latitude of southern Denmark almost to the Arctic Circle and separating the Scandinavian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe. The largest expanse of brackish water in the world, the semienclosed and relatively shallow Baltic Sea is of great interest to scientists, while to historians it represents the economic core of the Hanseatic League, the great medieval trading group of northern European ports. The many names for the sea attest to its strategic position as a meeting place of many countries."@en . _:g53be5240d3e856bb8c1cnode62383c5e92dec1fea13128dedfcd60c8 "Baltic Sea"@en . _:g53be5240d3e856bb8c1cnode62383c5e92dec1fea13128dedfcd60c8 . _:g53be5240d3e856bb8c1cnode62383c5e92dec1fea13128dedfcd60c8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50963/Baltic-Sea"@en . _:g425805d717e73ac6fc60nodeaee0a5d2dcc5f65bb5b7ff492cd7eeb0 . _:g425805d717e73ac6fc60nodeaee0a5d2dcc5f65bb5b7ff492cd7eeb0 "Baltic Sea"@en . _:g425805d717e73ac6fc60nodeaee0a5d2dcc5f65bb5b7ff492cd7eeb0 . _:g425805d717e73ac6fc60nodeaee0a5d2dcc5f65bb5b7ff492cd7eeb0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50963/Baltic-Sea/33203/Climate"@en . _:g84486a3f77a14ffbfa2anode132adab7626196b4ccc8a02d34a896 . _:g84486a3f77a14ffbfa2anode132adab7626196b4ccc8a02d34a896 "Baltic Sea"@en . _:g84486a3f77a14ffbfa2anode132adab7626196b4ccc8a02d34a896 . _:g84486a3f77a14ffbfa2anode132adab7626196b4ccc8a02d34a896 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50963/Baltic-Sea/33205/Coastal-features"@en . _:gb488c522ff4d458e86fdnode143db7db779eaeddb178d1715be11da1 . _:gb488c522ff4d458e86fdnode143db7db779eaeddb178d1715be11da1 "Baltic Sea"@en . _:gb488c522ff4d458e86fdnode143db7db779eaeddb178d1715be11da1 . _:gb488c522ff4d458e86fdnode143db7db779eaeddb178d1715be11da1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/50963/Baltic-Sea/33208/Additional-Reading"@en . _:gba83c06c53aa62b8c395node16e41a31ddb45aec5caac8392e4197a4 . _:gba83c06c53aa62b8c395node16e41a31ddb45aec5caac8392e4197a4 "\n Ross Sea,\u00A0southern extension of the Pacific Ocean, which, along with the vast ice shelf (see Ross Ice Shelf) at its head, makes a deep indentation in the circular continental outline of Antarctica. The sea is a generally shallow marine region, approximately 370,000 sq mi (960,000 sq km) in area, centred at about 75\u00B0 S, 175\u00B0 W, and lying between Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land on the west and Cape Colbeck on Edward VII Peninsula on the east. The northern limit lies approximately along the edge of the continental shelf and the southern limit along a great barrier wall of ice marking the front of the Ross Ice Shelf."@en . _:gba83c06c53aa62b8c395node16e41a31ddb45aec5caac8392e4197a4 "Ross Sea"@en . _:gba83c06c53aa62b8c395node16e41a31ddb45aec5caac8392e4197a4 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/510142/Ross-Sea"@en . _:gc9de1e20db91d8fa9f78nodea1a9264083648ca48ccc89df6ae4013 . _:gc9de1e20db91d8fa9f78nodea1a9264083648ca48ccc89df6ae4013 "Sargasso Sea,\u00A0 area of the North Atlantic Ocean, elliptical in shape and relatively still, that is strewn with free-floating seaweed of the genus Sargassum. It lies between the parallels 20? N and 35? N and the meridians 30? W and 70? W inside a clockwise-setting ocean-current system, of which the Gulf Stream (issuing from the Gulf of Mexico) forms part of the western rim. The sea reaches depths of 5,000?23,000 feet (1,500?7,000 m) and is characterized by weak currents, low precipitation, high evaporation, light winds, and warm, saline waters, all combining with the lack of thermal mixing to create a ... (100 of 230 words)"@en . _:gc9de1e20db91d8fa9f78nodea1a9264083648ca48ccc89df6ae4013 "Sargasso Sea"@en . _:gc9de1e20db91d8fa9f78nodea1a9264083648ca48ccc89df6ae4013 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/524237/Sargasso-Sea"@en . _:gd800a2ee0b680b40dfd5nodedf94b889105c35b5d169d567f7181ffe . _:gd800a2ee0b680b40dfd5nodedf94b889105c35b5d169d567f7181ffe "\n Savu Sea,\u00A0 Indonesian Laut Sawu, Dutch Savoe-zee,\u00A0 portion of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. It is bounded by the volcanic inner Banda Island arc (Flores, Solor, Lomblen, Pantar, and Alor) on the north and by the nonvolcanic outer arc (Sumba, Roti, Sawu, and Timor) on the south."@en . _:gd800a2ee0b680b40dfd5nodedf94b889105c35b5d169d567f7181ffe "Savu Sea"@en . _:gd800a2ee0b680b40dfd5nodedf94b889105c35b5d169d567f7181ffe "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/525871/Savu-Sea"@en . _:gde46a4ceeb6178e34b56node2e245f43d42381b1ed11aabc5727abe . _:gde46a4ceeb6178e34b56node2e245f43d42381b1ed11aabc5727abe "\n Scotia Sea,\u00A0 marine region, part of the South Atlantic Ocean, about 350,000 square miles (more than 900,000 square km) in area. It lies within a complex and tectonically active marine basin enclosed on the north, east, and south by the island-dotted Scotia Ridge. The ridge forms a west-opening submarine loop about 2,700 miles (4,350 km) long, connecting Tierra del Fuego of South America with northern Palmer Land of the Antarctic Peninsula. The western limit of the sea is formed by a discontinuous northwest-trending rise that separates the basin from the Drake Passage. The Scotia Ridge, with an active volcanic arc-trench system at its eastern end, compares in form and geologic record to the similar Northern Antilles volcanic chain in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The Scotia Ridge region was thus given the name Southern Antilles by the early geologists Eduard Suess and Otto Nordenskj\u00F6ld."@en . _:gde46a4ceeb6178e34b56node2e245f43d42381b1ed11aabc5727abe "Scotia Sea"@en . _:gde46a4ceeb6178e34b56node2e245f43d42381b1ed11aabc5727abe "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/529436/Scotia-Sea"@en . _:g74284cc104b2f19ec29dnode4f3c9d7e29ef8389b9b3a9823d92426 . _:g74284cc104b2f19ec29dnode4f3c9d7e29ef8389b9b3a9823d92426 "\n Barents Sea,\u00A0Norwegian Barentshavet, Russian Barentsevo More,\u00A0 outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean 800 miles (1,300 km) long and 650 miles (1,050 km) wide and covering 542,000 square miles (1,405,000 square km). Its average depth is 750 feet (229 m), plunging to a maximum of 2,000 feet (600 m) in the major Bear Island Trench. It is bounded by the archipelagoes of Svalbard and Franz Josef Land (north), the Norwegian and Russian mainland (south), the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (east), and by the conventional border with the Greenland Sea (west), which runs from Spitsbergen to Norway?s northernmost tip, North Cape, via Bear Island (Bj\u00F8rn\u00F8ya)."@en . _:g74284cc104b2f19ec29dnode4f3c9d7e29ef8389b9b3a9823d92426 "Barents Sea"@en . _:g74284cc104b2f19ec29dnode4f3c9d7e29ef8389b9b3a9823d92426 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/53189/Barents-Sea"@en . _:g74284cc104b2f19ec29dnodef9bda9e2f3ab715ecb6e5bffe3aee82 . _:g74284cc104b2f19ec29dnodef9bda9e2f3ab715ecb6e5bffe3aee82 "\n Barents Sea,\u00A0Norwegian Barentshavet, Russian Barentsevo More,\u00A0 outlying portion of the Arctic Ocean 800 miles (1,300 km) long and 650 miles (1,050 km) wide and covering 542,000 square miles (1,405,000 square km). Its average depth is 750 feet (229 m), plunging to a maximum of 2,000 feet (600 m) in the major Bear Island Trench. It is bounded by the archipelagoes of Svalbard and Franz Josef Land (north), the Norwegian and Russian mainland (south), the Novaya Zemlya archipelago (east), and by the conventional border with the Greenland Sea (west), which runs from Spitsbergen to Norway?s northernmost tip, North Cape, via Bear Island (Bj\u00F8rn\u00F8ya)."@en . _:g74284cc104b2f19ec29dnodef9bda9e2f3ab715ecb6e5bffe3aee82 "Barents Sea"@en . _:g74284cc104b2f19ec29dnodef9bda9e2f3ab715ecb6e5bffe3aee82 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/53189/Barents-Sea"@en . _:g3337f3b06489584513ccnodeaa13ce5a725018c314bfadc3fbe4249d . _:g3337f3b06489584513ccnodeaa13ce5a725018c314bfadc3fbe4249d "\n Solomon Sea,\u00A0 portion of the western South Pacific Ocean, bounded on the west by New Guinea, on the north by New Britain, and on the east by the Solomon Islands. With an area of 280,000 square miles (720,000 square km), the sea contains the Louisiade Archipelago, New Georgia, and Guadalcanal Island. It opens to the Coral Sea (south), the Bismarck Sea (northwest), and the open ocean (northeast). The seafloor is divided into two principal basins. The New Britain Basin in the north has a general depth of more than 13,000 feet (4,000 m); deeper areas, including the New Britain Trench, plunge to a maximum depth of 29,988 feet (9,140 m) in the Planet Deep. The southerly Solomon Basin reaches depths of 23,000 feet (7,000 m). During winter (July?September), a stream of the Pacific South Equatorial Current flows into the sea from the north, then branches southeast and southwest. In the summer it reverses flow. First navigated by Polynesians, Arabs, and Chinese, the sea was not crossed by a European until \u00C1lvaro de Menda\u00F1a de Neira arrived in 1567. The Solomon Sea was the scene of major U.S.-Japanese naval encounters during World War II."@en . _:g3337f3b06489584513ccnodeaa13ce5a725018c314bfadc3fbe4249d "Solomon Sea"@en . _:g3337f3b06489584513ccnodeaa13ce5a725018c314bfadc3fbe4249d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/553594/Solomon-Sea"@en . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node315595d478715727742070424b1e20c5 . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node315595d478715727742070424b1e20c5 "\n South China Sea,\u00A0Chinese Nan Hai,\u00A0 arm of the western Pacific Ocean that borders the Southeast Asian mainland. It is bounded on the northeast by the Taiwan Strait (by which it is connected to the East China Sea); on the east by Taiwan and the Philippines; on the southeast and south by Borneo, the southern limit of the Gulf of Thailand, and the east coast of the Malay Peninsula; and on the west and north by the Asian mainland. The South China Sea and the East China Sea together form the China Sea. The southern boundary of the South China Sea is a rise in the seabed between Sumatra and Borneo, and the northern boundary stretches from the northernmost point of Taiwan to the coast of Fujian province, China, in the Taiwan Strait. It embraces an area of about 1,423,000 square miles (3,685,000 square km), with a mean depth of 3,976 feet (1,212 metres)."@en . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node315595d478715727742070424b1e20c5 "South China Sea"@en . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node315595d478715727742070424b1e20c5 . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node315595d478715727742070424b1e20c5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/556146/South-China-Sea"@en . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node724bb29ff1e1ce45319d44e7b6efbb . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node724bb29ff1e1ce45319d44e7b6efbb "\n South China Sea,\u00A0Chinese Nan Hai,\u00A0 arm of the western Pacific Ocean that borders the Southeast Asian mainland. It is bounded on the northeast by the Taiwan Strait (by which it is connected to the East China Sea); on the east by Taiwan and the Philippines; on the southeast and south by Borneo, the southern limit of the Gulf of Thailand, and the east coast of the Malay Peninsula; and on the west and north by the Asian mainland. The South China Sea and the East China Sea together form the China Sea. The southern boundary of the South China Sea is a rise in the seabed between Sumatra and Borneo, and the northern boundary stretches from the northernmost point of Taiwan to the coast of Fujian province, China, in the Taiwan Strait. It embraces an area of about 1,423,000 square miles (3,685,000 square km), with a mean depth of 3,976 feet (1,212 metres)."@en . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node724bb29ff1e1ce45319d44e7b6efbb "South China Sea"@en . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node724bb29ff1e1ce45319d44e7b6efbb . _:g8e826d7d82a8715a6739node724bb29ff1e1ce45319d44e7b6efbb "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/556146/South-China-Sea"@en . _:gd3c928da698041fc62d5nodec3d2b6e23d7aa3aefce72122997ba8 . _:gd3c928da698041fc62d5nodec3d2b6e23d7aa3aefce72122997ba8 "South China Sea"@en . _:gd3c928da698041fc62d5nodec3d2b6e23d7aa3aefce72122997ba8 . _:gd3c928da698041fc62d5nodec3d2b6e23d7aa3aefce72122997ba8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/556146/South-China-Sea/36065/Hydrology"@en . _:g018b480084a9557629c5node1787e66dcdbd126a265514ccb6192af . _:g018b480084a9557629c5node1787e66dcdbd126a265514ccb6192af "South China Sea"@en . _:g018b480084a9557629c5node1787e66dcdbd126a265514ccb6192af . _:g018b480084a9557629c5node1787e66dcdbd126a265514ccb6192af "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/556146/South-China-Sea/36068/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g784562c93e043eda85cbnodeee3c7280cae2c52c8d14a59fec20d89 . _:g784562c93e043eda85cbnodeee3c7280cae2c52c8d14a59fec20d89 "\n Sulu Sea,\u00A0portion of the western North Pacific Ocean. It is bounded by northeastern Borneo on the southwest, the southwestern islands of the Philippines, including Palawan, on the west and northwest, Busuanga and Mindoro on the north, Panay and Negros on the east, and Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago on the southeast. About 490 miles (790 km) from north to south and 375 miles east to west, with a surface area of 100,000 square miles (260,000 square km), it fills a downfaulted block, in some places almost 18,400 feet (5,600 metres) deep, the edges of which are seen in the bordering islands. A fracture line, bisecting the sea from northeast to southwest, is evidenced by the coral atolls surrounding Mapun (Cagayan Sulu) island, the Tubbataha Reefs, and the volcanic Mapun island group itself. The Tubbataha Reefs were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1993 in recognition of their abundance and diversity of marine life; in 2009 the boundaries of the site were extended to triple its original size."@en . _:g784562c93e043eda85cbnodeee3c7280cae2c52c8d14a59fec20d89 "Sulu Sea"@en . _:g784562c93e043eda85cbnodeee3c7280cae2c52c8d14a59fec20d89 . _:g784562c93e043eda85cbnodeee3c7280cae2c52c8d14a59fec20d89 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/573066/Sulu-Sea"@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node2b36f9c584bb854ad4abbce4cac6239e . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node2b36f9c584bb854ad4abbce4cac6239e "\n Beaufort Sea,\u00A0 outlying sea of the Arctic Ocean situated north of Canada and Alaska. It extends northeastward from Point Barrow, Alaska, toward Lands End on Prince Patrick Island, and westward from Banks Island to the Chukchi Sea. Its surface area is about 184,000 sq mi (476,000 sq km). The average depth is 3,239 ft (1,004 m) and the greatest depth 15,360 ft. It is named for the British rear admiral Sir Francis Beaufort."@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node2b36f9c584bb854ad4abbce4cac6239e "Beaufort Sea"@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node2b36f9c584bb854ad4abbce4cac6239e . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node2b36f9c584bb854ad4abbce4cac6239e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/57625/Beaufort-Sea"@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node6be7fda21e1da8562a9746c98addf . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node6be7fda21e1da8562a9746c98addf "\n Beaufort Sea,\u00A0 outlying sea of the Arctic Ocean situated north of Canada and Alaska. It extends northeastward from Point Barrow, Alaska, toward Lands End on Prince Patrick Island, and westward from Banks Island to the Chukchi Sea. Its surface area is about 184,000 sq mi (476,000 sq km). The average depth is 3,239 ft (1,004 m) and the greatest depth 15,360 ft. It is named for the British rear admiral Sir Francis Beaufort."@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node6be7fda21e1da8562a9746c98addf "Beaufort Sea"@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node6be7fda21e1da8562a9746c98addf . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node6be7fda21e1da8562a9746c98addf "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/57625/Beaufort-Sea"@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node7f18e18c99f56917d71f58c1eba07099 . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node7f18e18c99f56917d71f58c1eba07099 "\n Beaufort Sea,\u00A0 outlying sea of the Arctic Ocean situated north of Canada and Alaska. It extends northeastward from Point Barrow, Alaska, toward Lands End on Prince Patrick Island, and westward from Banks Island to the Chukchi Sea. Its surface area is about 184,000 sq mi (476,000 sq km). The average depth is 3,239 ft (1,004 m) and the greatest depth 15,360 ft. It is named for the British rear admiral Sir Francis Beaufort."@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node7f18e18c99f56917d71f58c1eba07099 "Beaufort Sea"@en . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node7f18e18c99f56917d71f58c1eba07099 . _:gca6b7af89a41436c8e67node7f18e18c99f56917d71f58c1eba07099 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/57625/Beaufort-Sea"@en . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9node144a78dc2c96f157a374b5c8aa0bdd8 . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9node144a78dc2c96f157a374b5c8aa0bdd8 "\n Tasman Sea,\u00A0 section of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, between the southeastern coast of Australia and Tasmania on the west and New Zealand on the east; it merges with the Coral Sea to the north and encloses a body of water about 1,400 miles (2,250 km) wide and 900,000 square miles (2,300,000 square km) in area. Bass Strait (between Tasmania and Australia) leads southwest to the Indian Ocean, and Cook Strait (between North and South islands, New Zealand) leads east to the Pacific."@en . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9node144a78dc2c96f157a374b5c8aa0bdd8 "Tasman Sea"@en . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9node144a78dc2c96f157a374b5c8aa0bdd8 . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9node144a78dc2c96f157a374b5c8aa0bdd8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/583911/Tasman-Sea"@en . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9nodeaa8cab4128a985353d2977a248c09af1 . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9nodeaa8cab4128a985353d2977a248c09af1 "\n Tasman Sea,\u00A0 section of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, between the southeastern coast of Australia and Tasmania on the west and New Zealand on the east; it merges with the Coral Sea to the north and encloses a body of water about 1,400 miles (2,250 km) wide and 900,000 square miles (2,300,000 square km) in area. Bass Strait (between Tasmania and Australia) leads southwest to the Indian Ocean, and Cook Strait (between North and South islands, New Zealand) leads east to the Pacific."@en . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9nodeaa8cab4128a985353d2977a248c09af1 "Tasman Sea"@en . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9nodeaa8cab4128a985353d2977a248c09af1 . _:gfebee65ba591f8032da9nodeaa8cab4128a985353d2977a248c09af1 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/583911/Tasman-Sea"@en . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeb7892a80d595c8cb3dc7406638af7fa7 . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeb7892a80d595c8cb3dc7406638af7fa7 "\n Tethys Sea,\u00A0former tropical body of salt water that separated the supercontinent of Laurasia in the north from Gondwana in the south during much of the Mesozoic Era (251 to 65.5 million years ago). Laurasia consisted of what are now North America and the portion of Eurasia north of the Alpine-Himalayan mountain ranges, while Gondwana consisted of present-day South America, Africa, peninsular India, Australia, Antarctica, and those Eurasian regions south of the Alpine-Himalayan chain. These mountains were created by continental collisions that eventually eliminated the sea. Tethys was named in 1893, by the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess, after the sister and consort of Oceanus, the ancient Greek god of the ocean."@en . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeb7892a80d595c8cb3dc7406638af7fa7 "Tethys Sea"@en . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeb7892a80d595c8cb3dc7406638af7fa7 . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeb7892a80d595c8cb3dc7406638af7fa7 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/588887/Tethys-Sea"@en . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeddcd591bd56963fbe46d184dc68c738 . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeddcd591bd56963fbe46d184dc68c738 "\n Tethys Sea,\u00A0former tropical body of salt water that separated the supercontinent of Laurasia in the north from Gondwana in the south during much of the Mesozoic Era (251 to 65.5 million years ago). Laurasia consisted of what are now North America and the portion of Eurasia north of the Alpine-Himalayan mountain ranges, while Gondwana consisted of present-day South America, Africa, peninsular India, Australia, Antarctica, and those Eurasian regions south of the Alpine-Himalayan chain. These mountains were created by continental collisions that eventually eliminated the sea. Tethys was named in 1893, by the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess, after the sister and consort of Oceanus, the ancient Greek god of the ocean."@en . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeddcd591bd56963fbe46d184dc68c738 "Tethys Sea"@en . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeddcd591bd56963fbe46d184dc68c738 . _:g69e87f5852f55a432f3fnodeddcd591bd56963fbe46d184dc68c738 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/588887/Tethys-Sea"@en . _:gccc0e767f39756ca54ednode8ac7097a242284f5fef5c9cafd40 . _:gccc0e767f39756ca54ednode8ac7097a242284f5fef5c9cafd40 "\n Timor Sea,\u00A0arm of the Indian Ocean, lying southeast of the island of Timor, Indonesia, and northwest of Australia. Located at latitude 10\u00B0 S and influenced alternately by the southeast trade winds and the monsoon belt, the area is well known for generating typhoons. About 300 miles (480 km) wide, it covers about 235,000 square miles (610,000 square km) and opens west into the Indian Ocean and east into the Arafura Sea of the Pacific Ocean. A maximum depth of more than 10,800 feet (3,300 metres) is reached in the Timor Trough in the north, but more than half of the sea has a depth of less than 650 feet (200 metres). Throughout the year, the sea experiences a southwesterly surface current, the Timor Current, averaging 0.5?1 mile (0.8?1.6 km) per hour. The Timor Sea is the site of an important oil field."@en . _:gccc0e767f39756ca54ednode8ac7097a242284f5fef5c9cafd40 "Timor Sea"@en . _:gccc0e767f39756ca54ednode8ac7097a242284f5fef5c9cafd40 . _:gccc0e767f39756ca54ednode8ac7097a242284f5fef5c9cafd40 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/596312/Timor-Sea"@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2node962eb2f9d86de8c68353be8aa08af8da . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2node962eb2f9d86de8c68353be8aa08af8da "\n Tyrrhenian Sea,\u00A0Latin Mare Tyrrhenum, Italian Mare Tirreno,\u00A0 arm of the Mediterranean Sea between the western coast of Italy and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. It is connected with the Ligurian Sea (northwest) through the Tuscan Archipelago and with the Ionian Sea (southeast) through the Strait of Messina. Chief inlets of the sea include the Bay of Naples and the Gulfs of Gaeta, Salerno, Policastro, and Sant?Eufemia. Islands within the sea are located in the north (Tuscan Archipelago, including Elba), east, and southeast (Eolie Islands). Ports include Civitavecchia, Pozzuoli, Naples, Salerno, and Palermo (in Sicily)."@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2node962eb2f9d86de8c68353be8aa08af8da "Tyrrhenian Sea"@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2node962eb2f9d86de8c68353be8aa08af8da . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2node962eb2f9d86de8c68353be8aa08af8da "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/612006/Tyrrhenian-Sea"@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodecf47f1f2abccccb1686b9573a13284 . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodecf47f1f2abccccb1686b9573a13284 "\n Tyrrhenian Sea,\u00A0Latin Mare Tyrrhenum, Italian Mare Tirreno,\u00A0 arm of the Mediterranean Sea between the western coast of Italy and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. It is connected with the Ligurian Sea (northwest) through the Tuscan Archipelago and with the Ionian Sea (southeast) through the Strait of Messina. Chief inlets of the sea include the Bay of Naples and the Gulfs of Gaeta, Salerno, Policastro, and Sant?Eufemia. Islands within the sea are located in the north (Tuscan Archipelago, including Elba), east, and southeast (Eolie Islands). Ports include Civitavecchia, Pozzuoli, Naples, Salerno, and Palermo (in Sicily)."@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodecf47f1f2abccccb1686b9573a13284 "Tyrrhenian Sea"@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodecf47f1f2abccccb1686b9573a13284 . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodecf47f1f2abccccb1686b9573a13284 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/612006/Tyrrhenian-Sea"@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodedfccbfb4826b1db7b359b1f3a636a660 . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodedfccbfb4826b1db7b359b1f3a636a660 "\n Tyrrhenian Sea,\u00A0Latin Mare Tyrrhenum, Italian Mare Tirreno,\u00A0 arm of the Mediterranean Sea between the western coast of Italy and the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. It is connected with the Ligurian Sea (northwest) through the Tuscan Archipelago and with the Ionian Sea (southeast) through the Strait of Messina. Chief inlets of the sea include the Bay of Naples and the Gulfs of Gaeta, Salerno, Policastro, and Sant?Eufemia. Islands within the sea are located in the north (Tuscan Archipelago, including Elba), east, and southeast (Eolie Islands). Ports include Civitavecchia, Pozzuoli, Naples, Salerno, and Palermo (in Sicily)."@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodedfccbfb4826b1db7b359b1f3a636a660 "Tyrrhenian Sea"@en . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodedfccbfb4826b1db7b359b1f3a636a660 . _:g4a7d7ea737c973ad27f2nodedfccbfb4826b1db7b359b1f3a636a660 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/612006/Tyrrhenian-Sea"@en . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5node4a5d139d5c4adf63248ff5f986229f . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5node4a5d139d5c4adf63248ff5f986229f "\n Bering Sea and Strait,\u00A0Russian Beringovo More and Proliv Beringa,\u00A0 northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, separating the continents of Asia and North America. To the north the Bering Sea connects with the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait, at the narrowest point of which the two continents are about 53 miles (85 kilometres) apart. The boundary between the United States and Russia passes through the sea and the strait."@en . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5node4a5d139d5c4adf63248ff5f986229f "Bering Sea and Strait"@en . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5node4a5d139d5c4adf63248ff5f986229f . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5node4a5d139d5c4adf63248ff5f986229f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61938/Bering-Sea-and-Strait"@en . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5nodebe2b4c858d8a1805640f98df3aa8842 . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5nodebe2b4c858d8a1805640f98df3aa8842 "\n Bering Sea and Strait,\u00A0Russian Beringovo More and Proliv Beringa,\u00A0 northernmost part of the Pacific Ocean, separating the continents of Asia and North America. To the north the Bering Sea connects with the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait, at the narrowest point of which the two continents are about 53 miles (85 kilometres) apart. The boundary between the United States and Russia passes through the sea and the strait."@en . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5nodebe2b4c858d8a1805640f98df3aa8842 "Bering Sea and Strait"@en . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5nodebe2b4c858d8a1805640f98df3aa8842 . _:gbf73e10000180bd395c5nodebe2b4c858d8a1805640f98df3aa8842 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61938/Bering-Sea-and-Strait"@en . _:gfea0cf0e0bcba7ce14ebnode57e7752ff538cc225ef0c295e3eca2ae . _:gfea0cf0e0bcba7ce14ebnode57e7752ff538cc225ef0c295e3eca2ae "Bering Sea and Strait"@en . _:gfea0cf0e0bcba7ce14ebnode57e7752ff538cc225ef0c295e3eca2ae . _:gfea0cf0e0bcba7ce14ebnode57e7752ff538cc225ef0c295e3eca2ae "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61938/Bering-Sea-and-Strait/36032/Hydrology"@en . _:gf092163b15f494d5132bnode67fb85e7ab8c5aedeab7225584d31cf6 . _:gf092163b15f494d5132bnode67fb85e7ab8c5aedeab7225584d31cf6 "Bering Sea and Strait"@en . _:gf092163b15f494d5132bnode67fb85e7ab8c5aedeab7225584d31cf6 . _:gf092163b15f494d5132bnode67fb85e7ab8c5aedeab7225584d31cf6 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61938/Bering-Sea-and-Strait/36036/Study-and-exploration"@en . _:g80a91eeb1cbcb7b9c9a9node9b46b34a103c81bd9486645a96291c8 . _:g80a91eeb1cbcb7b9c9a9node9b46b34a103c81bd9486645a96291c8 "Bering Sea and Strait"@en . _:g80a91eeb1cbcb7b9c9a9node9b46b34a103c81bd9486645a96291c8 . _:g80a91eeb1cbcb7b9c9a9node9b46b34a103c81bd9486645a96291c8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61938/Bering-Sea-and-Strait/36037/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g80a91eeb1cbcb7b9c9a9nodeeeb7ef12672b6132396a25b3fa39028 . _:g80a91eeb1cbcb7b9c9a9nodeeeb7ef12672b6132396a25b3fa39028 "Bering Sea and Strait"@en . _:g80a91eeb1cbcb7b9c9a9nodeeeb7ef12672b6132396a25b3fa39028 . _:g80a91eeb1cbcb7b9c9a9nodeeeb7ef12672b6132396a25b3fa39028 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61938/Bering-Sea-and-Strait/36037/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node336faef683a9e05fec209dd16a6dc0c9 . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node336faef683a9e05fec209dd16a6dc0c9 "\n Bermuda Triangle,\u00A0section of the North Atlantic Ocean off North America in which more than 50 ships and 20 airplanes are said to have mysteriously disappeared. The area, whose boundaries are not universally agreed upon, has a vaguely triangular shape marked by the southern U.S. coast, Bermuda, and the Greater Antilles."@en . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node336faef683a9e05fec209dd16a6dc0c9 "Bermuda Triangle"@en . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node336faef683a9e05fec209dd16a6dc0c9 . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node336faef683a9e05fec209dd16a6dc0c9 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/62319/Bermuda-Triangle"@en . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node7a56ee58b95fa0c55655de5b4b235 . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node7a56ee58b95fa0c55655de5b4b235 "\n Bermuda Triangle,\u00A0section of the North Atlantic Ocean off North America in which more than 50 ships and 20 airplanes are said to have mysteriously disappeared. The area, whose boundaries are not universally agreed upon, has a vaguely triangular shape marked by the southern U.S. coast, Bermuda, and the Greater Antilles."@en . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node7a56ee58b95fa0c55655de5b4b235 "Bermuda Triangle"@en . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node7a56ee58b95fa0c55655de5b4b235 . _:g5387fd000ff2a02b1e93node7a56ee58b95fa0c55655de5b4b235 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/62319/Bermuda-Triangle"@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46node9ce6ae9d2c873c9f39e5d4bc45f5239c . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46node9ce6ae9d2c873c9f39e5d4bc45f5239c "\n Weddell Sea,\u00A0deep embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Centring at about 73\u00B0 S, 45\u00B0 W, the Weddell Sea is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula of West Antarctica, on the east by Coats Land of East Antarctica, and on the extreme south by frontal barriers of the Filchner and Ronne ice shelves. It has an area of about 1,080,000 square miles (2,800,000 square km)."@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46node9ce6ae9d2c873c9f39e5d4bc45f5239c "Weddell Sea"@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46node9ce6ae9d2c873c9f39e5d4bc45f5239c . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46node9ce6ae9d2c873c9f39e5d4bc45f5239c "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/638688/Weddell-Sea"@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodebaa59eea79aaa63790e3f6b1545e . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodebaa59eea79aaa63790e3f6b1545e "\n Weddell Sea,\u00A0deep embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Centring at about 73\u00B0 S, 45\u00B0 W, the Weddell Sea is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula of West Antarctica, on the east by Coats Land of East Antarctica, and on the extreme south by frontal barriers of the Filchner and Ronne ice shelves. It has an area of about 1,080,000 square miles (2,800,000 square km)."@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodebaa59eea79aaa63790e3f6b1545e "Weddell Sea"@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodebaa59eea79aaa63790e3f6b1545e . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodebaa59eea79aaa63790e3f6b1545e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/638688/Weddell-Sea"@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodefe9d6f596c7d8bfc504397c2b81126d2 . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodefe9d6f596c7d8bfc504397c2b81126d2 "\n Weddell Sea,\u00A0deep embayment of the Antarctic coastline that forms the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Centring at about 73\u00B0 S, 45\u00B0 W, the Weddell Sea is bounded on the west by the Antarctic Peninsula of West Antarctica, on the east by Coats Land of East Antarctica, and on the extreme south by frontal barriers of the Filchner and Ronne ice shelves. It has an area of about 1,080,000 square miles (2,800,000 square km)."@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodefe9d6f596c7d8bfc504397c2b81126d2 "Weddell Sea"@en . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodefe9d6f596c7d8bfc504397c2b81126d2 . _:gcb14c9508b1bae325a46nodefe9d6f596c7d8bfc504397c2b81126d2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/638688/Weddell-Sea"@en . _:g9ad39ea229d74caa1492node668c6888f43fcd080e5886f2f636 . _:g9ad39ea229d74caa1492node668c6888f43fcd080e5886f2f636 "\n White Sea,\u00A0Russian Beloye More, Beloye also spelled Beloje,\u00A0 an almost landlocked extension of the Arctic Ocean indenting the shores of northwestern Russia. It is connected to the more northerly Barents Sea by a long, narrow strait known as the Gorlo (?Throat?). The boundary between the two seas runs along a line joining Cape Kanin Nos and Cape Svyatoy Nos. The area of the White Sea is approximately 35,000 square miles (90,000 square km). Its mean depth is 200 feet (60 metres), and its maximum depth is 1,115 feet (340 metres) in the northeast part of the Kandalaksha Inlet."@en . _:g9ad39ea229d74caa1492node668c6888f43fcd080e5886f2f636 "White Sea"@en . _:g9ad39ea229d74caa1492node668c6888f43fcd080e5886f2f636 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/642594/White-Sea"@en . _:g9ad39ea229d74caa1492node953c583ea45427e23e59eac8e768b17 . _:g9ad39ea229d74caa1492node953c583ea45427e23e59eac8e768b17 "\n White Sea,\u00A0Russian Beloye More, Beloye also spelled Beloje,\u00A0 an almost landlocked extension of the Arctic Ocean indenting the shores of northwestern Russia. It is connected to the more northerly Barents Sea by a long, narrow strait known as the Gorlo (?Throat?). The boundary between the two seas runs along a line joining Cape Kanin Nos and Cape Svyatoy Nos. The area of the White Sea is approximately 35,000 square miles (90,000 square km). Its mean depth is 200 feet (60 metres), and its maximum depth is 1,115 feet (340 metres) in the northeast part of the Kandalaksha Inlet."@en . _:g9ad39ea229d74caa1492node953c583ea45427e23e59eac8e768b17 "White Sea"@en . _:g9ad39ea229d74caa1492node953c583ea45427e23e59eac8e768b17 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/642594/White-Sea"@en . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node4c418d94843b2260e089c0202f3d34f4 . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node4c418d94843b2260e089c0202f3d34f4 "\n Yellow Sea,\u00A0Chinese Huang Hai, Korean Hwanghae,\u00A0 large inlet of the western Pacific Ocean lying between mainland China on the west and north and the Korean peninsula on the east. It is situated to the north of the East China Sea, which it bounds on a line running from the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang) to Cheju Island off South Korea. It measures about 600 miles (960 km) from north to south and about 435 miles (700 km) from east to west. In the northwest part of the sea, northwest of a line between the Liaodong Peninsula to the north and the Shandong Peninsula to the south, is the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli). The area of the Yellow Sea proper (excluding the Bo Hai) is about 146,700 square miles (380,000 square km); its mean depth is 144 feet (44 metres), and its maximum depth is some 500 feet (152 metres)."@en . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node4c418d94843b2260e089c0202f3d34f4 "Yellow Sea"@en . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node4c418d94843b2260e089c0202f3d34f4 . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node4c418d94843b2260e089c0202f3d34f4 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/652686/Yellow-Sea"@en . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node769fc14f836c33638c5fc64a2f68656f . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node769fc14f836c33638c5fc64a2f68656f "\n Yellow Sea,\u00A0Chinese Huang Hai, Korean Hwanghae,\u00A0 large inlet of the western Pacific Ocean lying between mainland China on the west and north and the Korean peninsula on the east. It is situated to the north of the East China Sea, which it bounds on a line running from the mouth of the Yangtze River (Chiang Jiang) to Cheju Island off South Korea. It measures about 600 miles (960 km) from north to south and about 435 miles (700 km) from east to west. In the northwest part of the sea, northwest of a line between the Liaodong Peninsula to the north and the Shandong Peninsula to the south, is the Bo Hai (Gulf of Chihli). The area of the Yellow Sea proper (excluding the Bo Hai) is about 146,700 square miles (380,000 square km); its mean depth is 144 feet (44 metres), and its maximum depth is some 500 feet (152 metres)."@en . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node769fc14f836c33638c5fc64a2f68656f "Yellow Sea"@en . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node769fc14f836c33638c5fc64a2f68656f . _:g20131168e841f78193a1node769fc14f836c33638c5fc64a2f68656f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/652686/Yellow-Sea"@en . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node2ca9603ff790ced49a2598a0edb765f . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node2ca9603ff790ced49a2598a0edb765f "\n Adriatic Sea,\u00A0Italian Mare Adriatico, Bosnian, Croatian, and Montenegrin Jadransko More, Albanian Deti i Adriatikut,\u00A0 arm of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between the Italian and Balkan peninsulas. The Strait of Otranto at its southeasterly limit links it with the Ionian Sea. It is about 500 miles (800 km) long with an average width of 100 miles, a maximum depth of 4,035 feet (1,324 metres), and an area of 50,590 sq mi (131,050 sq km). The Adriatic has been of great importance in the historical development of Mediterranean Europe and is of considerable scientific interest in itself. Modern study of the Adriatic has been carried out mainly under the auspices of several Italian and Balkan scientific institutes."@en . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node2ca9603ff790ced49a2598a0edb765f "Adriatic Sea"@en . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node2ca9603ff790ced49a2598a0edb765f . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node2ca9603ff790ced49a2598a0edb765f "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/6550/Adriatic-Sea"@en . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node524aa9d8452ac811aad9a52ac49c13 . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node524aa9d8452ac811aad9a52ac49c13 "\n Adriatic Sea,\u00A0Italian Mare Adriatico, Bosnian, Croatian, and Montenegrin Jadransko More, Albanian Deti i Adriatikut,\u00A0 arm of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between the Italian and Balkan peninsulas. The Strait of Otranto at its southeasterly limit links it with the Ionian Sea. It is about 500 miles (800 km) long with an average width of 100 miles, a maximum depth of 4,035 feet (1,324 metres), and an area of 50,590 sq mi (131,050 sq km). The Adriatic has been of great importance in the historical development of Mediterranean Europe and is of considerable scientific interest in itself. Modern study of the Adriatic has been carried out mainly under the auspices of several Italian and Balkan scientific institutes."@en . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node524aa9d8452ac811aad9a52ac49c13 "Adriatic Sea"@en . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node524aa9d8452ac811aad9a52ac49c13 . _:gd9991c94d108fb675653node524aa9d8452ac811aad9a52ac49c13 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/6550/Adriatic-Sea"@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092node29d547f4b9604a87853f6e74c9a20a2 . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092node29d547f4b9604a87853f6e74c9a20a2 "\n Bismarck Sea,\u00A0 section of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, bounded to the southwest by the northeast coast of New Guinea and to the northwest through to the southeast by the Bismarck Archipelago, consisting of the Admiralty Islands (north), New Ireland (east), and New Britain (southeast). With a total surface area of about 15,000 square miles (40,000 square km), it opens to the Pacific on the north and to the Solomon Sea on the southeast through Vitiaz and Dampier straits and St. George?s Channel. The basin, with a general depth of 6,600 feet (2,000 metres) and maximum depths approaching 8,200 feet (2,500 metres), is divided by a central ridge into the eastern New Ireland and western New Guinea sections. The sea was under German control from about 1885 until 1914 and bears the name of the German statesman Otto von Bismarck."@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092node29d547f4b9604a87853f6e74c9a20a2 "Bismarck Sea"@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092node29d547f4b9604a87853f6e74c9a20a2 . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092node29d547f4b9604a87853f6e74c9a20a2 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/67058/Bismarck-Sea"@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefa2acb91ee84efce14326d5133f1fe . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefa2acb91ee84efce14326d5133f1fe "\n Bismarck Sea,\u00A0 section of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, bounded to the southwest by the northeast coast of New Guinea and to the northwest through to the southeast by the Bismarck Archipelago, consisting of the Admiralty Islands (north), New Ireland (east), and New Britain (southeast). With a total surface area of about 15,000 square miles (40,000 square km), it opens to the Pacific on the north and to the Solomon Sea on the southeast through Vitiaz and Dampier straits and St. George?s Channel. The basin, with a general depth of 6,600 feet (2,000 metres) and maximum depths approaching 8,200 feet (2,500 metres), is divided by a central ridge into the eastern New Ireland and western New Guinea sections. The sea was under German control from about 1885 until 1914 and bears the name of the German statesman Otto von Bismarck."@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefa2acb91ee84efce14326d5133f1fe "Bismarck Sea"@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefa2acb91ee84efce14326d5133f1fe . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefa2acb91ee84efce14326d5133f1fe "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/67058/Bismarck-Sea"@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefd11f4f173229d6cce355439725fc4d . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefd11f4f173229d6cce355439725fc4d "\n Bismarck Sea,\u00A0 section of the southwestern Pacific Ocean, bounded to the southwest by the northeast coast of New Guinea and to the northwest through to the southeast by the Bismarck Archipelago, consisting of the Admiralty Islands (north), New Ireland (east), and New Britain (southeast). With a total surface area of about 15,000 square miles (40,000 square km), it opens to the Pacific on the north and to the Solomon Sea on the southeast through Vitiaz and Dampier straits and St. George?s Channel. The basin, with a general depth of 6,600 feet (2,000 metres) and maximum depths approaching 8,200 feet (2,500 metres), is divided by a central ridge into the eastern New Ireland and western New Guinea sections. The sea was under German control from about 1885 until 1914 and bears the name of the German statesman Otto von Bismarck."@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefd11f4f173229d6cce355439725fc4d "Bismarck Sea"@en . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefd11f4f173229d6cce355439725fc4d . _:gc1a6f919fe546196b092nodefd11f4f173229d6cce355439725fc4d "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/67058/Bismarck-Sea"@en . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node7ff2c0322480a1b1d71b3e61e62e4e5 . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node7ff2c0322480a1b1d71b3e61e62e4e5 "\n Black Sea,\u00A0Russian and Bulgarian Chernoye More, Ukrainian Chorne More, Turkish Karaden?z, Romanian Marea Neagr?,\u00A0 large inland sea situated at the southeastern extremity of Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine to the north, Russia to the northeast, Georgia to the east, Turkey to the south, and Bulgaria and Romania to the west."@en . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node7ff2c0322480a1b1d71b3e61e62e4e5 "Black Sea"@en . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node7ff2c0322480a1b1d71b3e61e62e4e5 . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node7ff2c0322480a1b1d71b3e61e62e4e5 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/68234/Black-Sea"@en . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node9561ac557e01ceb28ce609d60a6584e . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node9561ac557e01ceb28ce609d60a6584e "\n Black Sea,\u00A0Russian and Bulgarian Chernoye More, Ukrainian Chorne More, Turkish Karaden?z, Romanian Marea Neagr?,\u00A0 large inland sea situated at the southeastern extremity of Europe. It is bordered by Ukraine to the north, Russia to the northeast, Georgia to the east, Turkey to the south, and Bulgaria and Romania to the west."@en . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node9561ac557e01ceb28ce609d60a6584e "Black Sea"@en . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node9561ac557e01ceb28ce609d60a6584e . _:g067bb96d8cd555b9c304node9561ac557e01ceb28ce609d60a6584e "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/68234/Black-Sea"@en . _:g44c661a535c5c5597b61node163ff759e3719490e1643fb67b9be . _:g44c661a535c5c5597b61node163ff759e3719490e1643fb67b9be "Black Sea"@en . _:g44c661a535c5c5597b61node163ff759e3719490e1643fb67b9be . _:g44c661a535c5c5597b61node163ff759e3719490e1643fb67b9be "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/68234/Black-Sea/33211/Geology"@en . _:ga91df7c21fce51df35c2nodeb4ca67d992701cb9d8da3aeb3d8d1ccc . _:ga91df7c21fce51df35c2nodeb4ca67d992701cb9d8da3aeb3d8d1ccc "Black Sea"@en . _:ga91df7c21fce51df35c2nodeb4ca67d992701cb9d8da3aeb3d8d1ccc . _:ga91df7c21fce51df35c2nodeb4ca67d992701cb9d8da3aeb3d8d1ccc "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/68234/Black-Sea/33213/Hydrology"@en . _:g635e78fcf2b719d32986node55c3b1e774c03593a74cfec7cfadb8 . _:g635e78fcf2b719d32986node55c3b1e774c03593a74cfec7cfadb8 "Black Sea"@en . _:g635e78fcf2b719d32986node55c3b1e774c03593a74cfec7cfadb8 . _:g635e78fcf2b719d32986node55c3b1e774c03593a74cfec7cfadb8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/68234/Black-Sea/33215/Economic-aspects"@en . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodea2c45d1286d58447cf1329795f67089 . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodea2c45d1286d58447cf1329795f67089 "\n Aegean Sea,\u00A0Greek Aiga\u00EDon P\u00E9lagos, Turkish Ege Deniz ,\u00A0 an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula on the west and Asia Minor on the east. About 380 miles (612 km) long and 186 miles (299 km) wide, it has a total area of some 83,000 square miles (215,000 square km). The Aegean is connected through the straits of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus to the Black Sea, while the island of Crete can be taken as marking its boundary on the south. The cradle of two of the great early civilizations, those of Crete and Greece, from which much of modern Western culture is derived, the Aegean Sea is also an important natural feature of the Mediterranean region, possessing several unique characteristics that make it of considerable scientific interest."@en . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodea2c45d1286d58447cf1329795f67089 "Aegean Sea"@en . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodea2c45d1286d58447cf1329795f67089 . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodea2c45d1286d58447cf1329795f67089 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/6988/Aegean-Sea"@en . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodec57c1a968a21afd90e9ba5e7461071 . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodec57c1a968a21afd90e9ba5e7461071 "\n Aegean Sea,\u00A0Greek Aiga\u00EDon P\u00E9lagos, Turkish Ege Deniz ,\u00A0 an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula on the west and Asia Minor on the east. About 380 miles (612 km) long and 186 miles (299 km) wide, it has a total area of some 83,000 square miles (215,000 square km). The Aegean is connected through the straits of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus to the Black Sea, while the island of Crete can be taken as marking its boundary on the south. The cradle of two of the great early civilizations, those of Crete and Greece, from which much of modern Western culture is derived, the Aegean Sea is also an important natural feature of the Mediterranean region, possessing several unique characteristics that make it of considerable scientific interest."@en . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodec57c1a968a21afd90e9ba5e7461071 "Aegean Sea"@en . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodec57c1a968a21afd90e9ba5e7461071 . _:gd5ee79cfd1b3896ea367nodec57c1a968a21afd90e9ba5e7461071 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/6988/Aegean-Sea"@en . _:g10f0046b11a443eba162node724e5df3d4944827c14182f6b3d0e064 . _:g10f0046b11a443eba162node724e5df3d4944827c14182f6b3d0e064 "\n Bohol Sea,\u00A0also called Mindanao Sea,\u00A0 section of the western North Pacific Ocean. Measuring about 170 miles (270 km) east?west, it is bounded by the islands of the Philippines?Mindanao (south and east), Leyte, Bohol, and Cebu (north), and Negros (west). It opens north to the Visayan Sea through Bohol and Ta\u00F1on straits and the Canigao Channel, east to the Philippine Sea through the Surigao Strait, and west to the Sulu Sea. The sea has rich fishing grounds."@en . _:g10f0046b11a443eba162node724e5df3d4944827c14182f6b3d0e064 "Bohol Sea"@en . _:g10f0046b11a443eba162node724e5df3d4944827c14182f6b3d0e064 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71659/Bohol-Sea"@en . _:g10f0046b11a443eba162nodefc11c3ca9cfdbf1beffb6820bdbb5fb8 . _:g10f0046b11a443eba162nodefc11c3ca9cfdbf1beffb6820bdbb5fb8 "\n Bohol Sea,\u00A0also called Mindanao Sea,\u00A0 section of the western North Pacific Ocean. Measuring about 170 miles (270 km) east?west, it is bounded by the islands of the Philippines?Mindanao (south and east), Leyte, Bohol, and Cebu (north), and Negros (west). It opens north to the Visayan Sea through Bohol and Ta\u00F1on straits and the Canigao Channel, east to the Philippine Sea through the Surigao Strait, and west to the Sulu Sea. The sea has rich fishing grounds."@en . _:g10f0046b11a443eba162nodefc11c3ca9cfdbf1beffb6820bdbb5fb8 "Bohol Sea"@en . _:g10f0046b11a443eba162nodefc11c3ca9cfdbf1beffb6820bdbb5fb8 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/71659/Bohol-Sea"@en . _:g25e292613edd2ff9a155node7d6525ccba5a8e2fa7c4d33e8a226c46 . _:g25e292613edd2ff9a155node7d6525ccba5a8e2fa7c4d33e8a226c46 "\n Caribbean Sea,\u00A0suboceanic basin of the western Atlantic Ocean, lying between latitudes 9\u00B0 and 22\u00B0 N and longitudes 89\u00B0 and 60\u00B0 W. It is approximately 1,063,000 square miles (2,753,000 square km) in extent. To the south it is bounded by the coasts of Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama; to the west by Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and the Yucat\u00E1n Peninsula of Mexico; to the north by the Greater Antilles islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico; and to the east by the Lesser Antilles chain, consisting of the island arc that extends from the Virgin Islands in the northeast to Trinidad, off the Venezuelan coast, in the southeast. Within the boundaries of the Caribbean itself, Jamaica, to the south of Cuba, is the largest of a number of islands."@en . _:g25e292613edd2ff9a155node7d6525ccba5a8e2fa7c4d33e8a226c46 "Caribbean Sea"@en . _:g25e292613edd2ff9a155node7d6525ccba5a8e2fa7c4d33e8a226c46 . _:g25e292613edd2ff9a155node7d6525ccba5a8e2fa7c4d33e8a226c46 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/95846/Caribbean-Sea"@en . _:gc147663c460dbd72e001nodee1f3c6bc503eed834ae6df3f689bebf . _:gc147663c460dbd72e001nodee1f3c6bc503eed834ae6df3f689bebf "Caribbean Sea"@en . _:gc147663c460dbd72e001nodee1f3c6bc503eed834ae6df3f689bebf . _:gc147663c460dbd72e001nodee1f3c6bc503eed834ae6df3f689bebf "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/95846/Caribbean-Sea/33221/Hydrology"@en . _:g8e52816278f409b90cb2nodeb57a57a622c3da923a8a6266934abf0 . _:g8e52816278f409b90cb2nodeb57a57a622c3da923a8a6266934abf0 "Caribbean Sea"@en . _:g8e52816278f409b90cb2nodeb57a57a622c3da923a8a6266934abf0 . _:g8e52816278f409b90cb2nodeb57a57a622c3da923a8a6266934abf0 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/95846/Caribbean-Sea/33225/Trade-and-transportation"@en . _:g3b344a45a9ce687a1e14noded257b94338d5f317ffd3c0332ab8e711 . _:g3b344a45a9ce687a1e14noded257b94338d5f317ffd3c0332ab8e711 "Caribbean Sea"@en . _:g3b344a45a9ce687a1e14noded257b94338d5f317ffd3c0332ab8e711 . _:g3b344a45a9ce687a1e14noded257b94338d5f317ffd3c0332ab8e711 "http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/95846/Caribbean-Sea/33227/Additional-Reading"@en . _:g2bf818ad831690579194node14dcc3d54b39c615961d4a3516d876 . _:g2bf818ad831690579194node14dcc3d54b39c615961d4a3516d876 "Caspian Sea,\u00A0Russian Kaspiyskoye More, Persian Darya-ye Khezer,\u00A0\n world?s largest inland body of water, lying to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of Central Asia. Its name derives from the ancient Kaspi peoples, who once lived in Transcaucasia to the west; among its other historical names, Khazarsk and Khvalynsk derive from former peoples of the region, while Girkansk stems from Girkanos, ?Country of the Wolves.? The elongated sea sprawls for nearly 750 miles (1,200 km) from north to south, although its average width is only 200 miles (320 km). It covers an area of about 149,200 square miles (386,400 square km)?larger than Japan?and its surface lies some 90 feet (27 metres) below sea level. The maximum depth, toward the south, is 3,360 feet (1,025 metres) below the sea?s surface. The drainage basin of the sea covers some 1,400,000 square miles (3,625,000 square km). The sea contains some 63.4 billion acre-feet or 18,800 cubic miles (78,200 cubic km) of water?about one-third of the Earth?s inland surface water. The sea is bordered in the northeast by Kazakhstan, in the southeast by Turkmenistan, in the south by Iran, in the southwest ... 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The elongated sea sprawls for nearly 750 miles (1,200 km) from north to south, although its average width is only 200 miles (320 km). It covers an area of about 149,200 square miles (386,400 square km)?larger than Japan?and its surface lies some 90 feet (27 metres) below sea level. The maximum depth, toward the south, is 3,360 feet (1,025 metres) below the sea?s surface. The drainage basin of the sea covers some 1,400,000 square miles (3,625,000 square km). The sea contains some 63.4 billion acre-feet or 18,800 cubic miles (78,200 cubic km) of water?about one-third of the Earth?s inland surface water. The sea is bordered in the northeast by Kazakhstan, in the southeast by Turkmenistan, in the south by Iran, in the southwest ... 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Its shore and surface are 1388 feet (423 meters) below sea level, which makes it the lowest elevation on the earth?s surface on dry land. It is also called the Salt Sea (in fact, its Hebrew name is Yam HaMelah, Sea of Salt). It is about one-third salt, and is over 8 ? times saltier than the ocean. Because of this, animals cannot live in the Dead Sea, which is what gives it its name in English.\nIt is 42 miles (67 km) long and at its widest point, it is 11 miles (18 km) wide. Its main tributary is the Jordan River, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is to the east. The Dead Sea is in the Jordan Rift Valley.\nThe Dead Sea is the earth?s only lake in which one cannot drown. The Dead Sea area has 330 days a year of sunshine; total rainfall for the northern half is about 4 inches a year (100 mm) and for the south it?s about half of that.\nHighly unusual conditions make the Dead Sea and the surrounding area a treasure trove of minerals, in turn making it into an unbelievable spa. The air is dry, unpolluted and pollen-free. Many Israelis and visitors alike come to the area for treatments for everything from skin conditions (such as psoriasis) to respiratory problems to joint diseases. And then there is the multitude of available spa treatments! Mud, thermal baths, massages, solariums, beaches ? it?s all available.\nThere are many places of interest in the area; these are just a few:\n? Ein Gedi ? The desert oasis where David took refuge as he was pursued by King Saul. It?s a lovely shaded place for a hike.\n? Mt. Sodom ? This mountain is made almost entirely of salt, and thus splits quite easily. One of the pillars that split off is known as ?Lot?s Wife? from the Biblical Sodom and Gemorrah.\n? Metzole Dragot (at Kibbutz Mitzpeh Shalem) ? Arguably the best view of the Dead Sea, bar none.\n? Qumran ? Right near the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered between the years 1947 and 1956.\n? Masada ? The famous mountain fortress.\nChristians have been making pilgrimages to the northwestern region of the Dead Sea for many centuries, especially around Easter. There are amazing and beautiful monasteries, some of which are built on cliff walls and some are operating even now. Many Christians believe that Kasr el Yahud, north of the Dead Sea, is the spot at which Jesus was baptized by John.\nThe Dead Sea and environs is not to be missed!\nThe Dead Sea is one of 28 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature, an international online competition to choose the seven natural wonders of the world) To reach the shortlist, the Dead Sea was voted one of the top 28 sites out of about 440 sites in 220 countries. It will compete through 2011 for the votes of over a billion people from around the world, against 27 other sites. Think of what this could mean for tourism to the area of the Dead Sea, and to Israel in general!\n"@en . _:g907288defbcece7b209anode1e81463726eb37972d8cab87f09dd9b2 . _:g907288defbcece7b209anode1e81463726eb37972d8cab87f09dd9b2 "Indian Ocean" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anode1f7b6a5a70976d03b3c8c742dec7a7 . _:g907288defbcece7b209anode1f7b6a5a70976d03b3c8c742dec7a7 "Australia" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anode869a58eab65e97f1aa79c1dd9be3e51 . _:g907288defbcece7b209anode869a58eab65e97f1aa79c1dd9be3e51 "North Pacific" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anode87b5c612727cbfeaa9a7fd5283a14f52 . _:g907288defbcece7b209anode87b5c612727cbfeaa9a7fd5283a14f52 "South Atlantic" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodea2d2f33ff9c041585b2ff79e21548d . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodea2d2f33ff9c041585b2ff79e21548d "Mediterranean Sea" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodecbdaa94c482118e7c199caedbd6de . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodecbdaa94c482118e7c199caedbd6de "South Pacific" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodedeb3c3afdbff0507180395d465764c4 . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodedeb3c3afdbff0507180395d465764c4 "North Atlantic" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodedeb3c3afdbff0507180395d465764c4 "Gulf \n of Mexico" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodedeb3c3afdbff0507180395d465764c4 "Caribbean Sea" . _:g907288defbcece7b209anodedeb3c3afdbff0507180395d465764c4 "North Sea" .