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West Sea (other)
West Sea or Western Sea may refer to: *Atlantic Ocean *Pacific Ocean *Indian Ocean *Mediterranean Sea *Yellow Sea, as used in Korea *Baltic Sea, the English translation of the Estonian name for the sea *North Sea, the English translation of an alternative Danish name for the sea *Qinghai Lake, the English translation of an alternative Chinese name for the lake and one of the Four Seas *Sea of the West, mythical sea in North America *Xihai (other) (西海), translated into English as West Sea *West Sea Barrage, Nampho, North Korea See also * Western Sea (other) * North Sea (other) * East Sea (other) * South Sea (other) * 西海 (other), 西海 * * * West (other) * Sea (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N. Scientific explorations of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
西海 (other) (西海町), former village in Ehime Prefecture
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西海, meaning " west sea", may refer to: In the Chinese reading Xīhǎi: *Xihai Jun, a prefecture of ancient China *Qinghai Lake, one of the Four Seas of China In the Korean reading Seohae, alternatively spelled Sŏhae: * Sohae University ( 서해대학교/西海大學校) in Gunsan, South Korea *Former name of Hwanghae, one of the Eight Provinces of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty *The Yellow Sea, sometimes also called the West Sea of Korea In the Japanese readings Saikai or Nishiumi: *Saikaidō, a region of ancient Japan *Saikai, Nagasaki (西海市), city in Nagasaki Prefecture *Nishiumi, Ehime was a town located in Minamiuwa District, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. As of 2005, the town had an estimated population of 2787 and a density of 127.79 persons per km². The total area was 21.81 km². On October 1, 2004, Nishiumi, along with the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sea (other)
South Sea, South Seas or Southsea may refer to: Bodies of water * Pacific Ocean, originally named by European explorers Mar del Sur, or South Sea ** South Seas, a common name for the South Pacific * The Southern Sea, an alternate name for the Gulf of Mexico, particularly during the Mexican-American War * Southern Ocean or the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean * South China Sea, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan * Namhae (sea) or South Sea, Korean name for body of water where the Yellow Sea meets Sea of Japan * Zuiderzee or Southern Sea, a reclaimed bay of the North Sea, now IJsselmeer, Netherlands * Red Sea, also known as Southern Sea in the ancient Mediterranean world Geographic regions and populated places * Oceania, Australia and the islands east of Australia * Nanyang (region), Chinese name for the geographical region south of China, particularly Southeast Asia * Polynesia, also called the South Sea Islands * Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Sea (other)
East Sea or Eastern Sea may refer to: * East China Sea, a marginal sea east of China, where it is called ''Dōnghǎi'' (/) in Chinese, meaning "East Sea" ** East Sea (Chinese literature), one of the Four Seas, a literary name for the boundaries of China * South China Sea, a marginal sea south of China and east and south of Indochina, called ''Biển Đông'' in Vietnamese, meaning "East Sea" * Sea of Japan, a marginal sea between the Korean Peninsula, Russia and the Japanese archipelago, called ''Donghae'' (; East Sea) in South Korea, and ''Chosŏn Tonghae'' (; Korean East Sea) in North Korea. ** Sea of Japan naming dispute * Baltic Sea, called "East Sea" in various languages * Dead Sea, a salt lake east of Israel, as used in the Bible (Joel 2:20; Ezek. 47:18) * Mare Orientale, Latin for "Eastern Sea", on the Moon * Atlantic Ocean, also referred to as the East Sea or Eastern Sea in poetry and other uses in North America * Pacific Ocean, called the East Sea in poetry and other uses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Sea (other)
North Sea or Northern Sea may refer to: * North Sea, a marginal sea east of Great Britain, south of Norway, west of Denmark, north of France ** North Sea Region, European countries and regions that have access to the North Sea * North Sea, New York, a hamlet in Suffolk County, Long Island * Yellow Sea, in a Chinese military context. cf. ''East Sea'' (East China Sea) and ''South Sea'' (South China Sea) for unit names ** North Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy * Sea of Okhotsk, in ancient Chinese sources, prior to Russian colonization and renaming of the same * Lake Baikal, the North Sea of the Four Seas * ''Northern Sea'' or North Aral Sea, the portion of the former Aral Sea that is fed by the Syr Darya River * Beihai (other), translated into English as North Sea * Arctic Ocean, the smallest, shallowest and northern-most of the world's five major oceans * The portion of the North Atlantic Ocean north of Iceland * ''Oceanus Borealis'', see Mars ocean hypothesis * Boreal Sea, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Sea (other)
Western Sea may refer to: * Admiral of the Western Seas, Zheng He, of the Ming Dynasty of China * Qinghai lake, amongst the Chinese "four seas" * , a U.S. Navy ship name ** , a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 * , a steam cargo ship built in 1918 and scrapped in 1931 * 2010 Western Sea conflict, in Korea's Western Sea, the Yellow Sea See also * Western Sea Frontier * Western Seaboard (other) * West Sea (other), an alternative name for several bodies of water * * Battle of Yeonpyeong (other), aka, Battle of the Western Sea * Western (other) * Sea (other) The Sea is a body of water covering most of Earth. Sea or SEA may also refer to: Places Geography * SEA, an acronym for Southeast Asia * SEA, an acronym for Southeast Africa * Sea, Somerset, a hamlet in South Somerset, England Transportation-i ... * Western sea-purslane (''Sesuvium verrucosum'') a species of flowering plant {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Sea Barrage
The Nampho Dam or West Sea Dam, also known as the West Sea Barrage or West Sea Lock Gate, is a tidal barrage located 15 km west of the special city of Nampho, North Korea. It is a large, eight-km-long system of dams, three lock chambers, and 36 sluices, allowing the passage of ships up to 50,000 tons. The dam closes the Taedong River off from the Yellow Sea. It was built by the North Korean Army from 1981 to 1986, with the resources of the whole country directed to this main construction project. The West Sea Barrage Line runs over the dam. The stated goal of the dam was: * The prevention of seawater intrusion into the fresh water, thus solving the water supply problem; * The irrigation of additional land, enlarging the arable territory of the region. The dam is considered a major accomplishment of North Korea, , ''Travel the Whole Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Of The West
The Sea of the West, or ''Mer de l'Ouest'', was a geographic misconception of an inland sea in the Pacific Northwest that appeared on many maps of the 18th century. The depiction was particularly common on French maps. The sea was supposed to be connected to the Pacific Ocean by at least one strait. Many different conjectures about the sea's shape, size, and position appeared on maps of the period. Belief in the sea's existence derived from writings describing two voyages of discovery, one by an Admiral Bartholomew de Fonte, and one by Juan de Fuca. De Fuca's voyage might have happened, but his account is now known to have contained many distortions and confabulations. Admiral de Fonte, on the other hand, is not known to be a historical figure, and the account of his voyage is fiction. Several maps in the early 1700s depicted the sea, but interest and belief in its existence waned until the mid 1700s, when, fairly suddenly, ''Mer de l'Ouest'' reappeared on maps and quickly became co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Oceania in the west and the Americas in the east. At in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), this largest division of the World Ocean—and, in turn, the hydrosphere—covers about 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, larger than Earth's entire land area combined .Pacific Ocean . '' Britannica Concise.'' 2008: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The centers of both the |
Four Seas
The Four Seas () were four bodies of water that metaphorically made up the boundaries of ancient China. There is a sea for each for the four cardinal directions. The West Sea is Qinghai Lake, the East Sea is the East China Sea, the North Sea is Lake Baikal, and the South Sea is the South China Sea. Two of the seas were symbolic until they were tied to genuine locations during the Han dynasty's wars with the Xiongnu. The lands "within the Four Seas", a literary name for China, are alluded to in Chinese literature and poetry. History The original Four Seas were a metaphor for the borders of pre-Han dynasty China. Only two of the Four Seas were tied to real locations, the East Sea with the East China Sea and the South Sea with the South China Sea. During the Han dynasty, wars with the Xiongnu brought them north to Lake Baikal. They recorded that the lake was a "huge sea" (hanhai) and designated it the mythical North Sea. They also encountered Qinghai Lake, which they call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake or Ch'inghai Lake, also known by other names, is the largest lake in China. Located in an endorheic basin in Qinghai Province, to which it gave its name, Qinghai Lake is classified as an alkaline salt lake. The lake has fluctuated in size, shrinking over much of the 20th century but increasing since 2004. It had a surface area of , an average depth of , and a maximum depth of in 2008. Names Qinghai is the romanized Standard Chinese pinyin pronunciation of the name Although modern Chinese distinguishes between the colors blue and green, this distinction did not exist in classical Chinese. The color (''qīng'') was a "single" color inclusive of both blue and green as separate shades. (English for ''qīng'' is cyan or turquoise, also linguists have coined the portmanteau "grue" to discuss its existence in Chinese and other languages.) The name is thus variously translated as "Blue Sea", "Green Sea", "Blue-Green Sea", "Blue/Green Sea", etc. For a time after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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