Yellow Sea
| Yellow Sea | |
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| Location | East Asia |
| Coordinates | 38°0′N 123°0′E / 38.000°N 123.000°E |
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
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The yellow sea between Qingdao and South Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄海 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 黃海 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Yellow Sea | ||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 황해 or 서해 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 黃海 or 西海 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Yellow Sea or West Sea | ||||||||||||||
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The Yellow Sea, also known as the 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.