Tasman Sea

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The Tasman Sea is the body of water separating Australia and New Zealand, known for its often rough conditions and significance to regional shipping and marine life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea
sea
alsoKnownAs The Ditch
area about 2,300,000 square kilometres
averageDepth about 2000 metres
boundedBy Bass Strait
Cook Strait
Coral Sea
Southern Ocean
climateInfluence influences weather patterns in New Zealand
influences weather patterns in eastern Australia
connectedTo Bass Strait
Cook Strait
Coral Sea
Southern Ocean
contains Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Rise
Norfolk Island
Tasman Basin
countryBorder Australia
New Zealand
ecoregion Temperate Australasia marine ecoregion
hasCoastlineOn New South Wales
North Island
surface form: North Island (New Zealand)

Queensland
South Island
surface form: South Island (New Zealand)

Tasmania
Victoria (Australia)
importantFor commercial fisheries
marine biodiversity conservation
trans-Tasman shipping
knownFor rich marine life
rough sea conditions
significant regional shipping routes
languageNameEnglish Tasman Sea self-link
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean
maximumDepth about 6000 metres
namedAfter Abel Tasman
oceanCurrent East Australian Current
Tasman Front
partOf Australasian Mediterranean Sea
Pacific Ocean
region Oceania
salinity about 35 practical salinity units
separates Australia
New Zealand
typicalWaveConditions frequent large swells
typicalWeather rapidly changing conditions

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Pacific Ocean containsFeature Tasman Sea
New South Wales borders Tasman Sea
New South Wales hasCoastlineOn Tasman Sea
Australia liesOnSea Tasman Sea
New Zealand locatedIn Tasman Sea
this entity surface form: Southwestern Pacific Ocean
Hunter Region borders Tasman Sea
aquarium Kaiyukan exhibit Tasman Sea
subject surface form: Aquarium Kaiyukan
Sydney hasBodyOfWater Tasman Sea
Sydney locatedOn Tasman Sea
South Pacific contains Tasman Sea
Tasmania borderedBy Tasman Sea
Coral Sea locatedNorthOf Tasman Sea
Hunter River mouth Tasman Sea
Wollongong locatedOn Tasman Sea
South Coast locatedOn Tasman Sea
Williams River drainageBasin Tasman Sea
Hobart coast Tasman Sea
North Island hasSeaOnCoast Tasman Sea
Tasman Sea languageNameEnglish Tasman Sea self-link
Hunter River catchment drainsTo Tasman Sea
Jervis Bay Marine Park locatedOn Tasman Sea
Mid North Coast hasCoastlineOn Tasman Sea
Jervis Bay Territory coastlineOn Tasman Sea
Port Stephens locatedOnCoastOf Tasman Sea
Abel Tasman familyName Tasman Sea
this entity surface form: Tasman
Abel Tasman hasPlaceNamedAfter Tasman Sea
Lake Macquarie connectedTo Tasman Sea
South Island hasRegion Tasman Sea
this entity surface form: Tasman
Sydney Harbour partOf Tasman Sea
Sydney Harbour mouthLocation Tasman Sea
Australia/Lord_Howe location Tasman Sea
southwest Pacific Ocean contains Tasman Sea
Lord Howe Island locatedIn Tasman Sea
Tasman Front locatedIn Tasman Sea
EAC flowsTowards Tasman Sea
subject surface form: East Australian Current
Port Macquarie locatedOn Tasman Sea
Forster-Tuncurry locatedOn Tasman Sea
Dusky Sound opensInto Tasman Sea
New Zealand fur seal foundIn Tasman Sea
Doubtful Sound / Patea opensInto Tasman Sea
South Pacific Ocean contains Tasman Sea
Kempsey locatedNear Tasman Sea
Waikato Region hasCoastOn Tasman Sea
Pacific Highway followsCoastOf Tasman Sea
Nambucca Heads locatedOn Tasman Sea