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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Southern Bight partOf North Sea
Rackwick Bay locatedIn North Sea
River Breamish drainageBasin North Sea
Frisian Islands locatedIn North Sea
Simonszand locatedInBodyOfWater North Sea
Richel locatedIn North Sea
island of Walcheren borders North Sea
subject surface form: Walcheren
Northwestern Europe borders North Sea
Vlieland locatedIn North Sea
Eyebroughy locatedInBodyOfWater North Sea
Holderness borders North Sea
North-East Atlantic Ocean hasPart North Sea
this entity surface form: OSPAR Region II Greater North Sea
Youth setting North Sea
Gadus morhua nativeTo North Sea
Trisopterus luscus distribution North Sea
Withernsea locatedOn North Sea
Tata Steel IJmuiden locatedNear North Sea
Vlieter Incident location North Sea
Pollachius pollachius foundIn North Sea
Helder Peninsula borderedBy North Sea
Den Briel locatedNear North Sea
Aemilia navalTheater North Sea
Loch Lee drainageBasin North Sea
Schiermonnikoog coastlineOn North Sea
Rottumeroog sea North Sea
Britannia borderedBy North Sea
this entity surface form: Oceanus Britannicus
Åkrehamn locatedOn North Sea
Åkrehamn hasCoastlineOn North Sea
County of Kent, England borderedBy North Sea
subject surface form: County of Kent
County of Kent, England hasCoastlineOn North Sea
subject surface form: County of Kent
Bjørnafjorden connectsTo North Sea
Skudeneshavn locatedOn North Sea