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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Kingscliff locatedOn Tasman Sea
Bondi Beach hasCoastlineOn Tasman Sea
Moruya locatedNear Tasman Sea
Moruya hasCoastlineOn Tasman Sea
Port of Newcastle locatedOn Tasman Sea
Nobbys Head locatedOn Tasman Sea
Newcastle Beach locatedOn Tasman Sea
The Entrance locatedOn Tasman Sea
The Entrance waterBody Tasman Sea
Bass Strait connects Tasman Sea
Umina Beach locatedOn Tasman Sea
Avoca Beach locatedOn Tasman Sea
Derwent River mouthLocatedIn Tasman Sea
Derwent River isEstuaryOf Tasman Sea
Derwent River flowsInto Tasman Sea
Sydney Basin borders Tasman Sea
Manning River basin drainsTo Tasman Sea
Fairy Meadow locatedOnCoastOf Tasman Sea
North Wollongong Beach locatedOn Tasman Sea
Terrigal locatedOn Tasman Sea
Fairy Meadow Beach locatedOn Tasman Sea
Pebbly Beach locatedOn Tasman Sea
Pambula Beach locatedOn Tasman Sea
Port Kembla locatedOnBodyOfWater Tasman Sea
Batemans Bay locatedOn Tasman Sea
Merimbula locatedOn Tasman Sea
Whanganui locatedOn Tasman Sea
Narooma locatedOn Tasman Sea
Tasman Basin locatedIn Tasman Sea
Tasman Basin namedAfter Tasman Sea
The Ditch refersTo Tasman Sea
Illawarra Escarpment locatedNear Tasman Sea
Shellharbour locatedOn Tasman Sea
Newcastle locatedOn Tasman Sea
Cook Strait connects Tasman Sea
Waikato River mouthLocatedIn Tasman Sea
Waikato River flowsInto Tasman Sea
Illawarra borders Tasman Sea
Warrawong nearBodyOfWater Tasman Sea
Ulladulla locatedOn Tasman Sea
Wollongong Harbour locatedOn Tasman Sea
Kiama locatedOn Tasman Sea
Hunter estuary emptiesInto Tasman Sea
River Derwent mouthOpensInto Tasman Sea
subject surface form: River Derwent (Tasmania)
Whanganui River mouthLocatedIn Tasman Sea