Bohai Sea

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body of water marginal sea semi-enclosed sea

The Bohai Sea is a shallow, semi-enclosed marginal sea in northeastern China that forms the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea and is an important hub for shipping, fishing, and coastal industry.

Aliases (5)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of water → marginal sea → semi-enclosed sea →
area	about 77000 square kilometers →
averageDepth	about 18 meters →
borderedBy	Bohai Rim region → Hebei Province → Liaoning Province → Shandong Province → Tianjin Municipality →
connectedBy	Bohai Strait →
connectsTo	Yellow Sea →
country	China →
experiences	cold temperate monsoon climate →
forms	innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea →
hasAlternativeName	Bo Hai → Bohai Gulf →
hasEconomicRegion	Bohai Economic Rim →
hasGulf	Bohai Bay → Laizhou Bay → Liaodong Bay →
hasIssue	eutrophication → marine pollution → overfishing →
hasMajorPort	Port of Dalian → Port of Qinhuangdao → Port of Tangshan → Port of Tianjin → Port of Weihai → Port of Yantai →
hasResource	natural gas → offshore oil →
is	an important hub for coastal industry → an important hub for fishing → an important hub for shipping → semi-enclosed → shallow →
locatedIn	northeastern China →
locatedOn	western Pacific Ocean →
maximumDepth	about 80 meters →
partOf	Yellow Sea →
receivesRiver	Hai River → Liao River → Luan River → Yellow River →
salinity	relatively low →
usedFor	aquaculture → hydrocarbon extraction → maritime transport →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region → North China → Yellow Sea →	borderedBy
East China coastal river systems ("Bohai Sea coast") → Liaodong Peninsula → North China Plain →	borders
Bohai Sea ("Bo Hai") → Bohai Sea ("Bohai Gulf") →	hasAlternativeName
Jinzhou → Shandong →	hasCoastlineOn
Jinzhou → Tianjin →	locatedOn
Hai River → Yellow River →	mouth
China →	borderingSea
Liaoning →	coast
Tianjin ("Bohai Bay") →	coastlineOn
Yellow Sea →	connectedTo
Eastern China ("Bohai Sea coastal region") →	contains
Amur Plate →	containsPartOf
Yellow River →	emptiesInto
Hai River →	flowsInto
Hebei →	hasCoastOn
Yellow Sea ("Bohai Bay") →	hasNotableBay
Shanhaiguan Pass →	locatedNear
Jinzhou →	majorBodyOfWater
Yan Mountains →	near
Beiyang Fleet →	operatedIn
Liaodong Peninsula →	separates