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North Sea

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Also known as German Sea, the North Sea, German Ocean, the German Sea, British Ocean, the British Ocean, Cumbric Sea, Cymbric Sea

marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean

OverviewAI-generated

The North Sea is a body of water with an elevation of 0 above sea level. It covers an area of 570000 and has a length of 960 and a width of 580. The vertical depth of the sea is 700, and its salinity is 3.4.

The subject is categorized under the Commons category "North Sea," with a gallery titled "North Sea - Nordsee - Noordzee - Nordsøen." In academic literature, a PubMed query for "North Sea" yields a count of 13283. Additionally, the topic is referenced by 12,042 other encyclopedia articles in the Vinony graph.

Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Research

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
sea
Has part
Boknafjord
Named after
Germanic people
Continent
Europe
Area
570000
Elevation
0
Shares border with
Norway
Image
North Sea 02 ubt.jpeg
Width
580
Length
960
Connects with
Skagerrak
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inflows
River Nene
lowest point
Norwegian trench
Commons category
North Sea
topic's main category
Category:North Sea
Commons gallery
North Sea - Nordsee - Noordzee - Nordsøen
basin country
United Kingdom
vertical depth
700
category for the water basin
Category:Drainage basins of the North Sea
salinity
3.4
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Encyclopedic overview

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than 970 kilometres (600 mi) long and 580 kilometres (360 mi) wide, covering 570,000 square kilometres (220,000 sq mi).

It hosts key north European shipping lanes and is a major fishery. The coast is a popular destination for recreation and tourism in bordering countries, and a rich source of energy resources, including wind and wave power.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “North Sea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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