Yellow Sea

Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Location	East Asia
Coordinates	38°0′N 123°0′E / 38.000°N 123.000°E / 38.000; 123.000
River sources	Yellow River, Hai River, Yalu River, Taedong River, Han River
Basin countries	China, North Korea, and South Korea
Surface area	380,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi)
Average depth	Avg. 44 m (144 ft)
Max. depth	Max. 152 m (499 ft)

Yellow Sea
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	黄海
Traditional Chinese	黃海
Literal meaning	Yellow Sea
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Hǎi Wu Romanization Waon入 Hae平 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wong4 Hoi2
Korean name
Hangul	황해 or 서해
Hanja	黃海 or 西海
Literal meaning	Yellow Sea or West Sea
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Hwanghae or Seohae McCune–Reischauer Hwanghae or Sŏhae

The Yellow Sea, also known as North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea. It is one of four seas named after common colour terms (the others being the Black Sea, the Red Sea and the White Sea), and its name is descriptive of the golden-yellow color of the silt-ridden water discharged from major rivers.

The innermost bay of northwestern Yellow Sea is called the Bohai Sea (previously Gulf of Zhili / Beizhili), into which flow some of the most important rivers of northern China, such as the Yellow River (through Shandong province and its capital Jinan), the Hai River (through Beijing and Tianjin) and the Liao River (through Liaoning province). The northeastern extension of the Yellow Sea is called the Korea Bay, into which flow the Yalu River, the Chongchon River and the Taedong River.

Since November 1, 2018, the Yellow Sea has also served as the location of "peace zones" between North and South Korea.^[1]