Kara Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Kara Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean off northern Siberia, known for its harsh ice conditions, shallow waters, and proximity to major Russian river outlets like the Ob and Yenisei.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea →
sea →
averageDepth approximately 110 metres →
basinCountry Russia →
borderedBy Barents Sea →
Laptev Sea →
Novaya Zemlya →
Severnaya Zemlya archipelago →
surface form: Severnaya Zemlya

Taymyr Peninsula →
climate polar climate →
connectedTo Barents Sea →
Laptev Sea →
contains offshore hydrocarbon resources →
country Russia →
ecoregion Arctic marine ecosystem →
governedBy Russia →
surface form: Russian Federation
hasHazard polar night conditions →
sea ice →
severe storms →
hasIsland Bely Island →
Bely Island →
surface form: Vilkitsky Island
hasIslandGroup Franz Josef Land →
Izvestiy TSIK Islands →
Nordenskiöld Archipelago →
Novaya Zemlya →
Severnaya Zemlya archipelago →
surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
hasStrait Kara Strait →
Yugorsky Strait →
historicalUse Northeast Passage →
surface form: Northern Sea Route shipping
iceCover covered by sea ice most of the year →
iceFreePeriod mainly late summer →
inflow Ob River →
Pur River →
Pyasina River →
Taz River →
Yenisei River →
knownFor harsh ice conditions →
large river discharge →
shallow waters →
locatedIn Siberia →
surface form: Northern Siberia

Arctic region →
surface form: Russian Arctic
locatedOn Siberian continental shelf →
maximumDepth approximately 620 metres →
namedAfter Kara River →
oceanRegion Arctic Ocean →
partOf Arctic Ocean →
salinity low to moderate →
seaArea approximately 880000 square kilometres →
waterType brackish water →

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eurasian Basin → adjacentTo → Kara Sea →
Gydan Peninsula → borders → Kara Sea →
Barents Sea → connectedTo → Kara Sea →
Laptev Sea → connectedTo → Kara Sea →
Willem Barentsz → explored → Kara Sea →
Ob River → flowsInto → Kara Sea →
Yenisei River → flowsInto → Kara Sea →
Arctic Ocean → hasPart → Kara Sea →
Northeast Passage → hasSection → Kara Sea →
Arctic Circle → passesThrough → Kara Sea →