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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Westland hasCoastline North Sea
Scheveningen locatedOn North Sea
Barry Sands adjacentTo North Sea
Scapa Flow locatedIn North Sea
Gutes tradedIn North Sea
this entity surface form: North Sea region
Walcheren hasCoastOn North Sea
Western Scheldt connectsTo North Sea
Sognefjord opensInto North Sea
Middle Low German usedIn North Sea
this entity surface form: North Sea region
Stavanger locatedOn North Sea
Hardangerfjord opensInto North Sea
Melissant locatedNear North Sea
Eastern Scheldt connectsTo North Sea
Eastern Scheldt separatedFrom North Sea
Sanday locatedIn North Sea
Haugesund locatedOn North Sea
Nordfjord drainsInto North Sea
Lysefjord opensInto North Sea
Vestland borders North Sea
Vestland hasCoastlineOn North Sea
Yorkshire borders North Sea
Northern Lighthouse Board (lighthouse and some land) operatesIn North Sea
subject surface form: Northern Lighthouse Board
Home Fleet theatre North Sea
Belgians borderingSeaOfCountry North Sea
River Bure mouthLocatedIn North Sea
River Bure flowsInto North Sea
Graemsay locatedInSea North Sea
Karmøy borderedByWaterBody North Sea
Karmøy hasCoastlineOn North Sea
St Andrews Castle overlooks North Sea
St Rule's Tower hasView North Sea
Jubilee Course adjacentTo North Sea
Jubilee Course hasView North Sea
St Andrews Cathedral hasViewOf North Sea
Reichsmarine operatedIn North Sea
Bømlo hasCoastline North Sea
Sotra locatedIn North Sea
Czechoslovak Navy theaterOfOperations North Sea
this entity surface form: North Sea (limited)
Rhin emptiesInto North Sea
Vikings tradeNetwork North Sea