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.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Kara Sea canonical 67
Kara Sea basin 4
Kara Sea region 2

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 (76)

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

Arctic Ocean → hasPart → Kara Sea ⓘ
Arctic Circle → passesThrough → Kara Sea ⓘ
Northeast Passage → hasSection → Kara Sea ⓘ
Barents Sea → connectedTo → Kara Sea ⓘ
Laptev Sea → connectedTo → Kara Sea ⓘ
Arctic drainage basin → drainsInto → Kara Sea ⓘ
Eurasian Basin → adjacentTo → Kara Sea ⓘ
Willem Barentsz → explored → Kara Sea ⓘ
Yenisei River → flowsInto → Kara Sea ⓘ
Ob River → flowsInto → Kara Sea ⓘ
Russian Federation Exclusive Economic Zone → includesSeaArea → Kara Sea ⓘ
Gydan Peninsula → borders → Kara Sea ⓘ
Gydan Peninsula → hasCoastlineOn → Kara Sea ⓘ
Nenets Autonomous Okrug → borderedBy → Kara Sea ⓘ
Nenets Autonomous Okrug → hasCoastlineOn → Kara Sea ⓘ
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug → borders → Kara Sea ⓘ
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug → hasCoastlineOn → Kara Sea ⓘ
Northern Russia → includesCoastline → Kara Sea ⓘ
Northern Sea Route region → traverses → Kara Sea ⓘ
Siberian continental shelf → hasPart → Kara Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kara Sea shelf
Siberian continental shelf → extendsFrom → Kara Sea ⓘ
Severnaya Zemlya archipelago → separates → Kara Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Severnaya Zemlya archipelago → sea → Kara Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Severnaya Zemlya
Taymyr Peninsula → locatedBetween → Kara Sea ⓘ
Taymyr Peninsula → hasCoastlineOn → Kara Sea ⓘ
Novaya Zemlya → separates → Kara Sea ⓘ
Novaya Zemlya → partOf → Kara Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kara Sea region
Novaya Zemlya → hasCoastlineOn → Kara Sea ⓘ
Franz Josef Land → locatedIn → Kara Sea ⓘ
Franz Josef Land → borderedBy → Kara Sea ⓘ
Nordenskiöld Archipelago → locatedIn → Kara Sea ⓘ
Nordenskiöld Archipelago → sea → Kara Sea ⓘ
Vilkitsky Strait → connects → Kara Sea ⓘ
Kara Strait → connects → Kara Sea ⓘ
Kara Strait → bodyOfWater → Kara Sea ⓘ
Kara Strait → namedAfter → Kara Sea ⓘ
Yugorsky Strait → connects → Kara Sea ⓘ
Yugorsky Strait → locatedBetween → Kara Sea ⓘ
Yugorsky Strait → isWestOf → Kara Sea ⓘ
Operation Wunderland → theaterOfWar → Kara Sea ⓘ
Operation Wunderland → location → Kara Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kara Sea region
Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia → hasCoastOn → Kara Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Krasnoyarsk Krai
Taz River → flowsInto → Kara Sea ⓘ
Taz River → mouthLocation → Kara Sea ⓘ
Taz River → riverSystem → Kara Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kara Sea basin
Taz River → drainageBasin → Kara Sea ⓘ
Ob River region → drainageTo → Kara Sea ⓘ
Izvestiy TSIK Islands → locatedIn → Kara Sea ⓘ
Izvestiy TSIK Islands → seaArea → Kara Sea ⓘ
Pur River → flowsInto → Kara Sea ⓘ