Bohai Sea

Bohai Sea
Chinese渤海
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBó Hǎi
Wade–GilesPo2 hai3
IPA[pwǒ.xàɪ]
Wu
Romanization[Poh hae] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 9) (help)
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBuht hói
JyutpingBut6 hoi2
Southern Min
Tâi-lôPhu̍t hái

The Bohai Sea (Chinese: 渤海; pinyin: Bó Hǎi; lit. 'Bo Sea') is a gulf/inland sea approximately 77,000 km2 (30,000 sq mi) in area on the east coast of Mainland China.[1] It is the northwestern and innermost extension of the Yellow Sea, to which it connects via the Bohai Strait. It has a mean depth of approximately 18 meters (59 ft), with a maximum depth of about 80 meters (260 ft) located in the northern part of the Bohai Strait.[2]

The Bohai Sea is enclosed by three provinces and one direct-administered municipality from three different regions of ChinaLiaoning Province (of Northeast China), Hebei Province and Tianjin Municipality (of North China), and Shandong Province (of East China). It is the center of the Bohai Economic Rim, and its proximity to the Chinese capital of Beijing and the municipality of Tianjin makes it one of the busiest seaways in the world. The entrance to the Bohai Sea is considered a part of the territorial sea of the People's Republic of China due to the presence of the Miaodao islands.[3][4] China declared the Bohai sea to be part of its inland waters in 1958.[5]

  1. ^ 中华人民共和国版图 (in Chinese)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BohaiSeaSedimentation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "四大海域,为什么只有渤海属于内海,领海内允许他国船只航行吗?_腾讯新闻". new.qq.com. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Marine Regions". www.marineregions.org. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Gard Alert: Bohai Sea, China – fines for discharge of pollutants". www.gard.no. Retrieved 25 March 2023.

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