North Sea

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The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France, known for its major shipping routes, rich fishing grounds, and offshore oil and gas reserves.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea
sea
averageDepth approximately 95 metres
borderedBy Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Netherlands
Norway
United Kingdom
climate temperate oceanic climate
connectedTo Baltic Sea
English Channel
Skagerrak
surface form: Kattegat

Norwegian Sea
Skagerrak
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasEconomicActivity fishing
offshore gas production
offshore oil production
renewable energy production
shipping
hasFeature Dogger Bank
North Sea self-linksurface differs
surface form: German Bight

Skagerrak
surface form: Kattegat

Skagerrak
Wadden Sea
hasOutflow English Channel
Norwegian Sea
Skagerrak
hasSubregion North Sea self-linksurface differs
surface form: Central North Sea

North Sea self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern North Sea

North Sea self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southern North Sea
importantFor European energy supply
European maritime trade
knownFor major shipping routes
offshore natural gas reserves
offshore oil reserves
offshore wind farms
rich fishing grounds
locatedBetween Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Netherlands
Norway
locatedIn Northern Europe
locatedOn European continental shelf
maximumDepth approximately 700 metres
partOf Atlantic Ocean
subjectTo storm surges
strong tides
surfaceArea approximately 575000 square kilometres

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Norwegian Trench near North Sea
this entity surface form: North Sea Basin
Maassluis locatedNear North Sea
Oostvoorne locatedOn North Sea
North Carr Lightship seaArea North Sea
Europoort locatedOn North Sea
Robin Hood's Bay hasView North Sea
River Main connectedToWaterBody North Sea
subject surface form: Main
Agder hasCoastlineOn North Sea
Kirkcaldy Harbour coast North Sea
River Tyne mouth North Sea
Haringvliet connects North Sea
Haringvliet separatedFrom North Sea
Haringvliet flowsInto North Sea
Yoldiahavet (Swedish) connectedTo North Sea
subject surface form: Yoldiahavet
Loch of Sabiston locatedIn North Sea
this entity surface form: North Sea region
Pas de Calais connects North Sea
Buchan area of Aberdeenshire borders North Sea
subject surface form: Buchan
Buchan area of Aberdeenshire hasCoastlineOn North Sea
subject surface form: Buchan
Zandvoort locatedOn North Sea
Scapa Bay locatedIn North Sea
Mull Head hasView North Sea
Dunkirk, France locatedOn North Sea
Wick locatedOn North Sea
St Andrews Links locatedNear North Sea
Ostend locatedOn North Sea
Rerwick Head hasViewOf North Sea
Halland borders North Sea
Province of Hanover hasCoastOn North Sea
Port of King's Lynn seaAccess North Sea
Nieuwpoort locatedOn North Sea
Second Anglo-Dutch War location North Sea
St James's Day Battle location North Sea
Kingdom of Holland coastlineOn North Sea
Port of Bruges locatedNear North Sea
Port of Bruges hasAccessTo North Sea
this entity surface form: North Sea shipping lanes