Kattegat

E34271

marginal sea sea area strait

Kattegat is a shallow sea area and strait between Denmark and Sweden that forms a key maritime passage linking the North Sea with the Baltic Sea.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marginal sea → sea area → strait →
area	approximately 30000 square kilometres →
averageDepth	approximately 23 metres →
connectedTo	Great Belt → Little Belt → Skagerrak → Öresund →
connectsBodyOfWater	Baltic Sea → North Sea →
countryBorder	Denmark → Sweden →
ecoregion	temperate marine ecosystem →
governedBy	Denmark–Sweden maritime agreements →
hasCoastlineOn	Bohuslän → Halland → Jutland → Zealand →
hasCurrent	surface currents from Skagerrak to Baltic Sea →
hasEnvironmentalIssue	eutrophication → overfishing → pollution →
hasSeaIceOccasionally	yes →
locatedEastOf	Jutland peninsula →
locatedInRegion	Northern Europe → Scandinavia →
locatedNorthOf	Öresund →
locatedSouthOf	Skagerrak →
locatedWestOf	Swedish west coast →
majorIsland	Anholt → Hirsholmene → Læsø →
majorPort	Aarhus → Frederikshavn → Gothenburg →
maximumDepth	approximately 109 metres →
nameLanguage	Danish → Swedish →
partOf	Atlantic Ocean → Danish straits →
salinity	brackish →
separatedFrom	Skagerrak →
usedFor	fishing → international shipping → recreational boating →
waterType	shallow sea →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Scandinavia → Zealand →	borders
Baltic Sea → Baltic Sea ("Danish Straits") →	connectedBy
Västra Götaland County →	borderedBy
Baltic Proper →	connectedTo
Skagerrak →	connectedWaterBody
Øresund →	connectsBodyOfWater
Skagerrak →	connectsTo
Øresund →	flowsTo
Sweden →	hasCoastlineOn
Västra Götaland County →	hasCoastOn
Baltic Sea →	hasOutflow
North Sea drainage basin →	hasOutlet
Gothenburg →	locatedOn
European seas →	partOf
Jutland Peninsula →	seaToEast
Zealand →	separatedByStrait