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| The North Sea is a shallow shelf sea located in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, washing the shores of northern Europe. Located between the British Isles in the west, the Jutland Peninsulas, the Scandinavian Peninsulas in the east, and continental Europe in the south. Area - 750 thousand km². The maximum depth is 725 m, the average depth is 95 m. In the southern part there are shoals. The coastal shallow part in the south is sometimes referred to as the Wadden Sea. A characteristic feature of the bottom relief of the North Sea is a sharp change in depth and extensive shoals (banks). Above the largest of them, Dogger off the east coast of England, the depth is 15-30 m. | ||||
| Large rivers flow into the river: Elbe, Weser, Rhine, Thames. Together with the Skagerrak Bay, the area of the North Sea is 565 thousand km². The salinity of the water is 32–34,5 ‰ in coastal waters and reaches 35 ‰ in the open sea. In the east, the salinity of the North Sea is noticeably lower due to the influx of cold and less salty Baltic waters. Tide heights range from 0,2 m off the coast of Norway to 7,6 m off the coast of England; sea currents are oriented counterclockwise and move at a speed of about 1 km / h. |
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