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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Scharendijke locatedNear North Sea
Tay estuary emptiesInto North Sea
Tay estuary waterBody North Sea
Cyanea capillata occursIn North Sea
Florø locatedOn North Sea
Håvik coast North Sea
Caithness borderedBy North Sea
Caithness hasCoastlineOn North Sea
River Alde mouth North Sea
River Alde dischargesInto North Sea
River Alde flowsInto North Sea
Eustache le Moine activeIn North Sea
New Waterway connects North Sea
railway station Hoek van Holland Haven locatedNear North Sea
subject surface form: Hoek van Holland Haven
Maas estuary flowsInto North Sea
Maas estuary waterBody North Sea
Ameland locatedInBodyOfWater North Sea
British battlecruiser Tiger theatre North Sea
subject surface form: HMS Tiger
Buchan adjacentToBodyOfWater North Sea
Middelkerke locatedOn North Sea
Foulness Island locatedIn North Sea
Margate, Kent, England locatedOn North Sea
subject surface form: Margate
Norfolk county hasCoastlineOn North Sea
subject surface form: Norfolk
Suffolk county hasCoastlineOn North Sea
subject surface form: Suffolk
Yorkshire Coast locatedOn North Sea
Port of Lowestoft locatedOn North Sea
Sidestrand locatedOn North Sea
island of Yell hasCoastlineOn North Sea
subject surface form: Yell
Craig Rock locatedIn North Sea
Vendsyssel hasCoastlineOn North Sea
Bell Rock reef locatedIn North Sea
BROADSTAIRS locatedOn North Sea
subject surface form: Broadstairs
Saltburn-by-the-Sea locatedOn North Sea
Great Storm of 1287 locatedIn North Sea
Egmond aan Zee locatedOn North Sea
Utsira locatedIn North Sea
Utsira hasCoastlineOn North Sea
IJmuiden locatedOn North Sea
Breskens locatedOn North Sea
Breskens hasCoastlineOn North Sea
Roker locatedOn North Sea