NORTH
SEA – GEOGRAPHY
North
Sea:
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The North Sea is one of the numerous seas
in the Atlantic Ocean.
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It is part of the North-East Atlantic
Region and opens into the Atlantic Ocean via the English Channel.
Importance:
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The sea is one of the world's most utilized seas, with extensive fishing, shipping, power
production, recreation, and defence.
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It also hosts two of the world’s largest
ports (Hamburg and Rotterdam).
Borders:
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It is bordered by the United Kingdom and Norway
to the west, Denmark to the south, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and
France to the east, and the Faroe Islands and Norway's Svalbard archipelago
to the north.
Other
key takeaways:
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The North Sea connects to the Atlantic
Ocean via the English Channel in the
southwest and the Baltic Sea in the east via the Kattegat and Skagerrak straits.
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The Kiel Canal, one of the world's busiest
artificial waterways, connects the North Sea with the Baltic.
Rivers:
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Major rivers that drain into the North Sea
include the Forth, Elbe, the Weser, the Ems, the Rhine and Meuse, the Scheldt,
the Thames, and the Humber.