Baltic Sea

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The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea in Northern Europe bordered by countries such as Sweden, Finland, Russia, and Poland, known for its low salinity, busy shipping routes, and environmental sensitivity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf brackish sea
inland sea
marginal sea
area about 377000 square kilometers
averageDepth about 55 meters
averageSalinity about 7 PSU
basinCountry Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Poland
Russia
Sweden
borderedBy Baltic states
Central Europe
Northern Europe
surface form: Scandinavia
borderedByCountry Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Poland
Russia
Sweden
climate temperate
connectedBy Kattegat
surface form: Danish Straits

Kattegat
Skagerrak
connectedTo North Sea
formedDuring Holocene
freezesInWinter partially
governedBy HELCOM
Helsinki Commission
hasEnvironmentalIssue algal blooms
eutrophication
hypoxia
industrial pollution
invasive species
marine litter
overfishing
pollution from agriculture
shipping pollution
hasInflow Daugava River
Neman River
Neva River
Oder River
Vistula River
numerous rivers
hasIsland Bornholm
Gotland
Hiiumaa
Rügen
Saaremaa
Åland Islands
Öland
hasOutflow Kattegat
hasPart Arkona Basin
Baltic Proper
Bay of Gdańsk
Bornholm Basin
Bothnian Bay
Bothnian Sea
Gotland Basin
Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
hasResource fish stocks
offshore wind potential
hasSeaIce Gulf of Bothnia
Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Riga
knownFor busy shipping routes
environmental sensitivity
eutrophication problems
low salinity
seasonal sea ice
locatedIn Europe
Northern Europe
majorPort Copenhagen
Gdańsk
Gdynia
Helsinki
Klaipėda
Lübeck
Riga
Rostock
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg

Stockholm
Szczecin
Tallinn
maximumDepth about 459 meters
partOf Atlantic Ocean
precededBy Ancylus Lake
Baltic Ice Lake
Littorina Sea
Yoldia Sea
salinity low
subjectTo United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
surface form: Helsinki Convention
usedFor energy production
fishing
maritime transport
tourism
volume about 21000 cubic kilometers
waterType brackish

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Sestra River mouth Baltic Sea
Sestra River flowsInto Baltic Sea
Sestra River hasRegionalSea Baltic Sea
Port of Elbląg hasAccessTo Baltic Sea
this entity surface form: Baltic Sea (indirect)
Puck County locatedOn Baltic Sea
Puck County hasCoastlineOn Baltic Sea
Port of Gdynia locatedOn Baltic Sea
Khrabrovo Airport locatedNear Baltic Sea
Northwestern Europe borders Baltic Sea
Nemunas River drainageBasin Baltic Sea
BSAP appliesTo Baltic Sea
Gadus morhua nativeTo Baltic Sea
Terioki nearbyBodyOfWater Baltic Sea
Hammarbyleden connectsWaterBody Baltic Sea
Viapori locatedOn Baltic Sea
Coastal Landscape Park locatedOn Baltic Sea
Aura River mouth Baltic Sea
Port of Turku locatedOn Baltic Sea
Lithuania Minor borderedBy Baltic Sea
Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden coolingSource Baltic Sea
subject surface form: Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant
RMS Baltic (1903) namedAfter Baltic Sea
Torstenson War place Baltic Sea
Cyanea capillata occursIn Baltic Sea
Zinnowitz locatedOn Baltic Sea
Zinnowitz hasCoastlineOn Baltic Sea
Rewa locatedOn Baltic Sea
Gmina Jastarnia locatedOn Baltic Sea
Gmina Jastarnia hasCoastlineOn Baltic Sea
Jastarnia harbour locatedOn Baltic Sea
Muhu Island locatedIn Baltic Sea
Świnoujście locatedOn Baltic Sea
Kurzeme locatedOn Baltic Sea
Kurzeme hasCoastlineOn Baltic Sea
Schichau-Werke shipyard locatedOn Baltic Sea
subject surface form: Schichau-Werke
Port of Gdańsk locatedOn Baltic Sea
Flensburg locatedOn Baltic Sea