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CHAPTER 3: IMPORTANT WATER BODIES OF THE WORLD
Seas Information Location/Map
Red Sea • Location: It is a seawater

inlet of the Indian Ocean,
lying between Africa and
Asia.
• Locational Feature: Its
connection to the ocean is
in the south, through the
Bab-el-Mandeb strait and
the Gulf of Aden.
• Bordering Countries:
Saudi Arabia, Yemen,
Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea,
Djibouti
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Arabian Sea • Location: It is a region of the

northern Indian Ocean.
• Inflowing River: The
biggest river flowing into the
sea is the Indus River.
• Branches:
§ The Gulf of Aden: In
the southwest,
connecting with the Red
Sea through strait
of Bab-el-Mandeb.
§ Gulf of Oman: In the
northwest, connecting
with the Persian Gulf.
Andaman • Location: It is a marginal

Sea sea of north-eastern Indian
Ocean.
• Surrounded By: The
coastlines of Myanmar and
Thailand along the Gulf of
Martaban and west side of
the Malay Peninsula and
separated from the Bay of
Bengal by the Andaman
Islands and the Nicobar
Islands.
South China • Location: It is a marginal

Sea sea of the Western Pacific
Ocean.
• Importance: Has
tremendous economic and
geostrategic importance.
§ One-third of the
world's maritime
shipping passes
through it
East China • Location: The East China

Sea Sea is an arm of the
Western Pacific Ocean,
located directly offshore
from East China.
• Largest Inflowing River:
The Yangtze River (Chang
Jiang) is the largest river
flowing into the East China
Sea.
Yellow Sea • Location: It is a marginal
sea of the Western Pacific
Ocean located between
mainland China and the
Korean Peninsula.
• Feature(Yellow Colour):
It is one of four seas named
after common colour terms
(others - Black Sea, Red
Sea and White Sea), and its
name is descriptive of
golden-yellow colour of
silt-laden water discharged
from major rivers.
• Strategic Significance:
Since 2018, it has also
served as the location of
"peace zones" between
North and South Korea.
Sea of Japan • Location: It is the
marginal sea between the
Japanese archipelago,
Sakhalin, the Korean
Peninsula, and the
mainland of the Russian
Far East.
• Feature: The Japanese
archipelago separates the
sea from the Pacific Ocean.
Sea of • Location: It is a marginal

Okhotsk sea of the western Pacific
Ocean.
• Connectivity: It is
connected to the Sea of
Japan on either side of
Sakhalin: on the west
through the Sakhalin Gulf
and the Gulf of Tartary; on
the south through the La
Pérouse Strait.
Caspian Sea/ • Size: It is the world's

Mazandaran largest inland body of
Sea/ water.
Hyrcania • Location: It is an
Sea/Khazar endorheic basin, it lies
Sea between Europe and Asia
• Inflowing Rivers:
Europe's longest river, the
Volga, enters it. Also, Ural
river flows into it.
• Significance: The Caspian
Sea is home to a wide
range of species and may
be best known for its caviar
and oil industries.
Azerbaijan, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Russia,
Turkmenistan [TARIK]
Black Sea • Location: It is a marginal

Mediterranean Sea of the
Atlantic Ocean lying
between Europe and Asia.
• Inflowing Rivers:
Principally the Danube,
Dnieper, and Don.
Bulgaria, Georgia,
Romania, Russia, Turkey,
and Ukraine.(GURRBT)
Sea of Azov • Location: It is a sea in

Eastern Europe connected
to the Black Sea by the
narrow (about 4 km or 2.5
mi) Strait of Kerch, and is
sometimes regarded as a
northern extension of the
Black Sea.
• Inflowing Rivers: The
Don and Kuban are the
major rivers that flow into
it.
• NOTE-There is a constant
outflow of water from the
Sea of Azov to the Black
Sea.
• Specific Feature: The Sea
of Azov is the shallowest
sea in the world.
Mediterrane • Connectivity: It is a sea

an- Sea connected to the Atlantic
Ocean
• Primary Inflows: Atlantic
Ocean, Sea of Marmara,
Nile, Ebro, Rhône, Chelif,
Po.
• Bordering Countries
(Clockwise): Spain,
France, Monaco, Italy,
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia
and Herzegovina,
Montenegro, Albania,
Greece, Turkey, Syria,
Lebanon, Israel, Egypt,
Libya, Tunisia, Algeria,
and Morocco.
• Island Countries in The
Sea: Malta and Cyprus.
Aegean Sea • Location: It is an

elongated embayment of
the Mediterranean Sea
between Europe and
Asia.
• Connectivity: In the north,
the Aegean is connected to
the Marmara Sea and the
Black Sea by the straits of
the Dardanelles and the
Bosphorus.
Ionian Sea • Location: It is an

elongated bay of
Mediterranean Sea.
• Bordering countries:
Albania, Greece, and Italy
Adriatic Sea • Location: The Adriatic is

the northernmost arm of
the Mediterranean Sea.
• Separates: The Italian
Peninsula from the
Balkans.
Italy, Albania, Croatia,
Greece, Montenegro,
Slovenia, and Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Tyrrhenian • Location: It is part of the
Sea Mediterranean Sea off the
western coast of Italy.
• Geological Features: The
Tyrrhenian Sea is situated
near where the African and
Eurasian Plates meet;
therefore, mountain chains
and active volcanoes such
as Mount Marsili are
found in its depths.
Ligurian Sea • Location: It is an arm of
the Mediterranean Sea.
• Lies Between: The Italian
Riviera (Liguria) and the
island of Corsica.
Balearic Sea • Location: It is a body of

water in the Mediterranean
Sea near the Balearic
Islands.
• Inflowing River: The
Ebro River flows into this
small sea.
Sargasso Sea • Location/Region: It is a

region of Atlantic Ocean
bounded by four currents
forming an ocean gyre.
• Boundaries:
§ West: Gulf Stream
§ North: North Atlantic
Current
§ East: Canary Current
§ South: North Atlantic
Equatorial Current.
Together they form a
clockwise-circulating system of
ocean currents termed the
North Atlantic Gyre.
Caribbean • Location: It is a sea of the

Sea Atlantic Ocean in the
tropics of Western
Hemisphere.
• Feature: It has world's
second largest barrier reef,
the Mesoamerican
Barrier Reef.
Gulf of • Location: It is an ocean

Mexico basin and a marginal sea of
the Atlantic Ocean.
• Largely surrounded by the
North American continent.
Labrador • Location: It is an arm of

Sea the North Atlantic Ocean
between Labrador
Peninsula and Greenland
and is a marginal sea of the
Atlantic.
• Connectivity: It connects
to the north with Baffin
Bay through the Davis
Strait.
• Currents: Northwest
Atlantic Mid-Ocean
Channel (NAMOC).
North Sea • Location: It is a sea of the

Atlantic Ocean between
Great Britain (specifically
England and Scotland),
and Norway, Denmark,
Germany, Netherlands,
Belgium and France.
Norwegian • Location: It is a marginal

Sea sea in the Atlantic Ocean.
Coral Sea • Location: It is a marginal

sea of the South Pacific off
the northeast coast of
Australia, and classified
as an interim Australian
bioregion.
• Significance: It is the
world's largest reef
system, the Great Barrier
Reef (GBR) [A World
Heritage Site by
UNESCO]
Tasman Sea • Location: It is a marginal

sea of the South Pacific
Ocean, situated between
Australia and New
Zealand.
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CHAPTER 3: IMPORTANT WATER BODIES OF THE WORLD

Seas Information Location/Map

Red Sea • Location: It is a seawater

Arabian Sea • Location: It is a region of the

Andaman • Location: It is a marginal

South China • Location: It is a marginal

East China • Location: The East China

Sea of • Location: It is a marginal

Caspian Sea/ • Size: It is the world's

Black Sea • Location: It is a marginal

Sea of Azov • Location: It is a sea in

Mediterrane • Connectivity: It is a sea

Aegean Sea • Location: It is an

Ionian Sea • Location: It is an

Adriatic Sea • Location: The Adriatic is

Balearic Sea • Location: It is a body of

Sargasso Sea • Location/Region: It is a

Caribbean • Location: It is a sea of the

Gulf of • Location: It is an ocean

Labrador • Location: It is an arm of

North Sea • Location: It is a sea of the

Norwegian • Location: It is a marginal

Coral Sea • Location: It is a marginal

Tasman Sea • Location: It is a marginal

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