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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Arbroath Beach locatedOnCoastOf North Sea
River Orwell mouth North Sea
River Orwell tributaryOf North Sea
Western Eurasia borderedBy North Sea
South Bay locatedOn North Sea
subject surface form: South Bay (Scarborough)
German battlecruisers Seydlitz and Derfflinger theaterOfOperations North Sea
subject surface form: SMS Seydlitz
Bonhomme Richard sankIn North Sea
Holderness coastline locatedOn North Sea
Blücher sinkingLocation North Sea
subject surface form: SMS Blücher
Blücher theaterOfOperations North Sea
subject surface form: SMS Blücher
European Cenozoic Rift System extendsFrom North Sea
this entity surface form: North Sea region
Randaberg hasShorelineOn North Sea
Panbride locatedNear North Sea
Panbride hasNearbyBodyOfWater North Sea
St Cyrus locatedOnBodyOfWater North Sea
Auchmithie overlooks North Sea
Barry locatedOn North Sea
Barry hasNearbyBodyOfWater North Sea
Lower Rhine mouth North Sea
Zeelandic Islands borderedBy North Sea
Veere locatedNear North Sea
Zoutelande locatedOn North Sea
Koudekerke locatedNear North Sea
Gapinge locatedNear North Sea
Hoy Sound locatedIn North Sea
Muirdrum locatedNearCoast North Sea
Montrose Beach locatedOnCoastOf North Sea
Montrose Beach hasWaterBody North Sea
Meliskerke hasNearbyBodyOfWater North Sea
German battleship SMS König theaterOfOperations North Sea
subject surface form: SMS König
Port of Bergen locatedOn North Sea
Jostedalsbreen glacier drainageBasin North Sea
subject surface form: Jostedalsbreen