Yellow Sea

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marginal sea sea

The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, known for its shallow waters and significant shipping and fishing activities.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Yellow Sea canonical 137
West Sea of Korea 5
Yellow Sea basin 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
borderedBy Bohai Sea ⓘ
China ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
colourCausedBy sediment from rivers ⓘ
connectedTo Bohai Sea ⓘ
East China Sea ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Huang Hai ⓘ
Yellow Sea ⓘ
surface form: West Sea of Korea
hasArea about 380000 square kilometres ⓘ
hasAverageDepth about 44 metres ⓘ
hasClimate temperate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
maritime shipping ⓘ
offshore oil and gas exploration ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue eutrophication ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
hasFeature large tidal ranges in some coastal areas ⓘ
hasIsland Chongming District ⓘ
surface form: Chongming Island

Jeju Island ⓘ
hasMajorPort Busan ⓘ
Port of Dalian ⓘ
surface form: Dalian

Incheon ⓘ
Qingdao ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth about 152 metres ⓘ
hasNotableBay Bohai Sea ⓘ
surface form: Bohai Bay

Korea Bay ⓘ
hasNotableCurrent China Coastal Current ⓘ
China Coastal Current ⓘ
surface form: Korea Coastal Current

Tsushima Current ⓘ
surface form: Yellow Sea Warm Current
hasSalinity lower than open ocean average ⓘ
hasSeaSurfaceFreezing in northern parts during winter ⓘ
isKnownFor heavy shipping traffic ⓘ
high sediment load ⓘ
important fishing grounds ⓘ
shallow waters ⓘ
isSubjectOf territorial disputes in some areas ⓘ
locatedBetween Korean Peninsula ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: mainland China
locatedIn East Asia ⓘ
namedAfter yellowish colour of its waters ⓘ
partOf western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
receivesWaterFrom Huai River ⓘ
Yangtze River ⓘ
Yellow River ⓘ

Referenced by (164)

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

East China Sea → borderedBy → Yellow Sea ⓘ
East Asia → bordersSea → Yellow Sea ⓘ
South Korea → borderBodyOfWater → Yellow Sea ⓘ
China → borderingSea → Yellow Sea ⓘ
North Korea → hasCoastlineOn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
First Sino-Japanese War → location → Yellow Sea ⓘ
North China → borderedBy → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War → location → Yellow Sea ⓘ
North China Plain → borders → Yellow Sea ⓘ
North China Plain → boundedBy → Yellow Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yellow Sea to the east
Jiangsu → hasCoastOn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Battle of the Yellow Sea → location → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Higashi Shina Kai → connectedTo → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Huai River → mouthLocatedIn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Huai River → historicallyEmptiedInto → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Tengchow, Shandong, China → locatedNear → Yellow Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Tengchow
Korean Peninsula → bordersBodyOfWater → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Yellow Sea → hasAlternativeName → Yellow Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Sea of Korea
eastern China → hasCoastlineOn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern China
Shandong → hasCoastlineOn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
South Korean Navy → theaterOfOperations → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Incheon → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Gangseo District → hasCoastlineOn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Sea of Korea
Gyeonggi Province → bordersBodyOfWater → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Bohai Sea → partOf → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Bohai Sea → connectsTo → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Amur Plate → containsPartOf → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Beiyang Fleet → operatedIn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Northern Pacific → hasPart → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Battle of Pungdo → theater → Yellow Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yellow Sea theater of operations
Battle of Weihaiwei → location → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Battle of Weihaiwei → theater → Yellow Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yellow Sea theater
Liaodong Peninsula → borders → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Liaodong Peninsula → separates → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Wei Hai Wei → locatedOn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Battle of Port Arthur → location → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Liaoning → coast → Yellow Sea ⓘ
ROKMC → primaryAreaOfOperations → Yellow Sea ⓘ
UN naval forces → operatedIn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War → locatedIn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
East China coastal river systems → drainsInto → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Shandong Peninsula → borders → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Shandong Peninsula → hasCoastlineOn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Kunsan Air Base → near → Yellow Sea ⓘ
China Coastal Current → affects → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Second Battle of Yeonpyeong → locatedIn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Second Battle of Yeonpyeong → theater → Yellow Sea ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Sea
Bombardment of Yeonpyeong → location → Yellow Sea ⓘ
ROKN → operatesIn → Yellow Sea ⓘ
Korean People's Navy → operationalArea → Yellow Sea ⓘ