Yellow Sea | |
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Location | East Asia |
Coordinates | 38°0′N 123°0′E / 38.000°N 123.000°E |
River sources | Yellow River, Hai River, Yalu River, Taedong River, Han River |
Basin countries | China, North Korea, and South Korea |
Surface area | 380,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi) |
Average depth | Avg. 44 m (144 ft) |
Max. depth | Max. 152 m (499 ft) |
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 黄海 | ||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 黃海 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Yellow Sea | ||||||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||||||
Hangul | 황해 or 서해 | ||||||||||||||
Hanja | 黃海 or 西海 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Yellow Sea or West Sea | ||||||||||||||
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The Yellow Sea, also known as North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea.
Since November 1, 2018, the Yellow Sea has served as the location of "peace zones" between North and South Korea.[1]
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