Kara Sea

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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.

All labels observed (6)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (76)

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

Pur River partOf Kara Sea
this entity surface form: Kara Sea basin
Pur River mouthLocation Kara Sea
Yamal Peninsula borders Kara Sea
Pyasina River mouth Kara Sea
Pyasina River drainageBasin Kara Sea
this entity surface form: Kara Sea basin
Pyasina River riverSystem Kara Sea
this entity surface form: Kara Sea basin
Pyasina River mouthLocation Kara Sea
Kara River flowsInto Kara Sea
Kara River mouthLocation Kara Sea
Kara River givesNameTo Kara Sea
Kara River adjacentTo Kara Sea
Kara River hasNameEtymology Kara Sea
this entity surface form: shares name origin with Kara Sea
Bely Island locatedIn Kara Sea
Enisei mouth Kara Sea
Gulf of Ob locatedIn Kara Sea
Gulf of Ob seaConnection Kara Sea
Dikson locatedOn Kara Sea
Sabetta locatedOn Kara Sea
lower Yenisei River flowsInto Kara Sea
Ob Bay partOf Kara Sea
Ob Bay opensInto Kara Sea
Eleginus navaga distribution Kara Sea
Boreogadus saida distribution Kara Sea
Обь впадаетВ Kara Sea
this entity surface form: Карское море