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id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1" title="البحر الأصفر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="البحر الأصفر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Mariellu" title="Mar Mariellu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mar Mariellu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para_Sa%27yju" title="Para Sa'yju – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Para Sa'yju" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sar%C4%B1_d%C9%99niz" title="Sarı dəniz – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Sarı dəniz" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B2" title="ساری دنیز – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ساری دنیز" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segara_Kuning" title="Segara Kuning – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Segara Kuning" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0" title="পীতসাগর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="পীতসাগর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%CC%82g-h%C3%A1i" title="N̂g-hái – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="N̂g-hái" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D2%A3%D0%B3%D0%B5%D2%99" title="Һары диңгеҙ – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Һары диңгеҙ" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Жоўтае мора – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Жоўтае мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D1%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Жоўтае мора – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Жоўтае мора" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%8A%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Жълто море – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Жълто море" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDuto_more" title="Žuto more – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Žuto more" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_Melen" title="Mor Melen – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Mor Melen" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Groga" title="Mar Groga – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mar Groga" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%C4%83_%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%C4%95%D1%81" title="Сарă тинĕс – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Сарă тинĕс" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDlut%C3%A9_mo%C5%99e" title="Žluté moře – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Žluté moře" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gule_Hav" title="Gule Hav – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Gule Hav" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelbes_Meer" title="Gelbes Meer – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gelbes Meer" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDo%C5%82te_m%C3%B3rjo" title="Žołte mórjo – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Žołte mórjo" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollane_meri" title="Kollane meri – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kollane meri" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AF%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%B7_%CE%98%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1" title="Κίτρινη Θάλασσα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κίτρινη Θάλασσα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Amarillo" title="Mar Amarillo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mar Amarillo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flava_Maro" title="Flava Maro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Flava Maro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsaso_Horia" title="Itsaso Horia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Itsaso Horia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%AF" title="دریای زرد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دریای زرد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piyar_Samundar" title="Piyar Samundar – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Piyar Samundar" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mer_Jaune" title="Mer Jaune – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mer Jaune" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giele_See" title="Giele See – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Giele See" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yn_Vooir_Vuigh" title="Yn Vooir Vuigh – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Yn Vooir Vuigh" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Amarelo" title="Mar Amarelo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mar Amarelo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%99%A9%ED%95%B4" title="황해 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="황해" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AE%D5%B8%D5%BE" title="Դեղին ծով – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դեղին ծով" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B0" title="पीला सागर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="पीला सागर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDo%C5%82te_morjo" title="Žołte morjo – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Žołte morjo" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDuto_more" title="Žuto more – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Žuto more" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybay_Duyaw" title="Baybay Duyaw – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Baybay Duyaw" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Kuning" title="Laut Kuning – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Laut Kuning" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Бур денджыз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Бур денджыз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulahaf" title="Gulahaf – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Gulahaf" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Giallo" title="Mar Giallo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mar Giallo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91" title="הים הצהוב – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הים הצהוב" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A7%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%90" title="ყვითელი ზღვა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ყვითელი ზღვა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_%D1%82%D0%B5%D2%A3%D1%96%D0%B7" title="Сары теңіз – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Сары теңіз" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahari_ya_Njano" title="Bahari ya Njano – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bahari ya Njano" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deryaya_Zer" title="Deryaya Zer – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Deryaya Zer" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Flavum" title="Mare Flavum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mare Flavum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzelten%C4%81_j%C5%ABra" title="Dzeltenā jūra – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Dzeltenā jūra" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gielt_Mier" title="Gielt Mier – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Gielt Mier" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geltonoji_j%C5%ABra" title="Geltonoji jūra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Geltonoji jūra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1rga-tenger" title="Sárga-tenger – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sárga-tenger" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Жолто Море – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Жолто Море" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%BD" title="മഞ്ഞക്കടൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മഞ്ഞക്കടൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B3%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="पिवळा समुद्र – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="पिवळा समुद्र" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%B8%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%97%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%96%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A6%E1%83%90" title="ჸვინთელი ზუღა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჸვინთელი ზუღა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%B1" title="البحر الاصفر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="البحر الاصفر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="زرد دریا – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="زرد دریا" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laut_Kuning" title="Laut Kuning – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Laut Kuning" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%C3%B2ng-h%C4%81i" title="Uòng-hāi – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Uòng-hāi" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%80_%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Шар тэнгис – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Шар тэнгис" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gele_Zee" title="Gele Zee – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gele Zee" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BB%84%E6%B5%B7" title="黄海 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="黄海" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BC%C3%BCl_Sia" title="Güül Sia – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Güül Sia" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulehavet" title="Gulehavet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Gulehavet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulehavet" title="Gulehavet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Gulehavet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="Yellow Sea" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Jauna" title="Mar Jauna – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Mar Jauna" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5_%D1%82%D0%B5%D2%A5%D1%8B%D0%B7" title="Нарынче теҥыз – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Нарынче теҥыз" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sariq_dengiz" title="Sariq dengiz – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Sariq dengiz" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0" title="ਪੀਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਪੀਲ਼ਾ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="پیلا سمندر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پیلا سمندر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%98%E1%9E%BB%E1%9E%91%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%9B%E1%9E%BF%E1%9E%84" title="សមុទ្រលឿង – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="សមុទ្រលឿង" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gele_See" title="Gele See – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Gele See" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morze_%C5%BB%C3%B3%C5%82te" title="Morze Żółte – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Morze Żółte" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar_Amarelo" title="Mar Amarelo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mar Amarelo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sar%C4%B1_de%C3%B1iz" title="Sarı deñiz – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Sarı deñiz" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marea_Galben%C4%83" title="Marea Galbenă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Marea Galbenă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%91%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Жёлтое море – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Жёлтое море" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D2%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D2%95%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Саһархай байҕал – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Саһархай байҕал" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9D_%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B0%E1%B1%9F" title="ᱥᱟᱥᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱥᱟᱥᱟᱝ ᱜᱟᱰᱟ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Yellow Sea" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDlt%C3%A9_more" title="Žlté more – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Žlté more" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumeno_morje" title="Rumeno morje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Rumeno morje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Жуто море – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Жуто море" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDuto_more" title="Žuto more – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Žuto more" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keltainenmeri" title="Keltainenmeri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Keltainenmeri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gula_havet" title="Gula havet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Gula havet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagat_Dilaw" title="Dagat Dilaw – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Dagat Dilaw" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9E%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="மஞ்சள் கடல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="மஞ்சள் கடல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82" title="పసుపు సముద్రం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="పసుపు సముద్రం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87" title="ทะเลเหลือง – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" 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font-size: 125%;">Yellow Sea</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="line-height: 1.2; border-bottom: 1px solid #cedeff;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:256px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:256px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:256px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:China_edcp_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location in China"><img alt="Location in China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/China_edcp_relief_location_map.jpg/330px-China_edcp_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="256" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/China_edcp_relief_location_map.jpg/500px-China_edcp_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/China_edcp_relief_location_map.jpg/960px-China_edcp_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1968" data-file-height="1567" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:45.053%;left:80.181%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Yellow Sea"><img alt="Location in China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Yellow Sea</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region"><a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Yellow_Sea&params=38_0_N_123_0_E_scale:5000000_type:waterbody"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°0′N</span> <span class="longitude">123°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.000°N 123.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.000; 123.000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">River sources</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hai_River" title="Hai River">Hai River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yalu_River" title="Yalu River">Yalu River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taedong_River" title="Taedong River">Taedong River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Han_River_(Korea)" title="Han River (Korea)">Han River</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>, and <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-bottom: #cedeff 1px solid"></th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Surface area</th><td class="infobox-data">380,000 km<sup>2</sup> (150,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Average depth</th><td class="infobox-data">Avg. 44 m (144 ft)</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. depth</th><td class="infobox-data">Max. 152 m (499 ft)</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Yellow Sea</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image notheme" style="background-color: #f8f9fa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bohaiseamap2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Bohaiseamap2.png/300px-Bohaiseamap2.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Bohaiseamap2.png/450px-Bohaiseamap2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Bohaiseamap2.png 2x" data-file-width="569" data-file-height="487" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The yellow sea between Qingdao and South Korea</div></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%BB%84" class="extiw" title="wikt:黄">黄</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:海">海</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%BB%83" class="extiw" title="wikt:黃">黃</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:海">海</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">Yellow Sea</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Huáng Hǎi</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Wu_Chinese" title="Wu Chinese">Wu</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Wu_Chinese" title="Romanization of Wu Chinese">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Wu Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="wuu-Latn">Waon<sup>入</sup> Hae<sup>平</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Wong<sup>4</sup> Hoi<sup>2</sup></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Korean name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;">황해 or 서해</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%BB%83" class="extiw" title="wikt:黃">黃</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:海">海</a> or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF" class="extiw" title="wikt:西">西</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:海">海</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">Yellow Sea or West Sea</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ko-Latn">Hwanghae or Seohae</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Korean-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ko-Latn">Hwanghae or Sŏhae</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Yellow Sea</b>, also known as the <b>North Sea</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Marginal_sea" class="mw-redirect" title="Marginal sea">marginal sea</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Pacific_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Pacific Ocean">Western Pacific Ocean</a> located between <a href="/wiki/Mainland_China" title="Mainland China">mainland China</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a>, and can be considered the northwestern part of the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names">Names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is one of four seas named after color terms (the others being the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/White_Sea" title="White Sea">White Sea</a>), and its name is descriptive of the golden-yellow color of the <a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">silt</a>-ridden water discharged from major rivers. </p><p>The innermost bay of northwestern Yellow Sea is called the <a href="/wiki/Bohai_Sea" title="Bohai Sea">Bohai Sea</a> (previously Gulf of <a href="/wiki/Zhili_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhili province">Zhili</a> / <a href="/wiki/North_Zhili" title="North Zhili">Beizhili</a>), into which flow some of the most important rivers of <a href="/wiki/Northern_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern China">northern China</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a> (through <a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a> province and its capital <a href="/wiki/Jinan" title="Jinan">Jinan</a>), the <a href="/wiki/Hai_River" title="Hai River">Hai River</a> (through <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Liao_River" title="Liao River">Liao River</a> (through <a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a> province). The northeastern extension of the Yellow Sea is called the <a href="/wiki/Korea_Bay" title="Korea Bay">Korea Bay</a>, into which flow the <a href="/wiki/Yalu_River" title="Yalu River">Yalu River</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Chongchon_River" title="Chongchon River">Chongchon River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Taedong_River" title="Taedong River">Taedong River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extent">Extent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Extent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">International Hydrographic Organization</a> defines the limits of the Yellow Sea ("Hwang Hai") as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The Yellow Sea is separated from the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Japan" title="Sea of Japan">Sea of Japan</a> by the boundary from the southern end of <a href="/wiki/Haenam" class="mw-redirect" title="Haenam">Haenam</a> Peninsula in <a href="/wiki/Jeollanamdo" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeollanamdo">Jeollanamdo</a> to <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a> and divided into the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a> by the boundary from the west end of <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Yangtze_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze River">Yangtze River</a> estuary.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Physiography">Physiography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Physiography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yellow_Sea,_February_24,_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Yellow_Sea%2C_February_24%2C_2015.jpg/220px-Yellow_Sea%2C_February_24%2C_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Yellow_Sea%2C_February_24%2C_2015.jpg/330px-Yellow_Sea%2C_February_24%2C_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Yellow_Sea%2C_February_24%2C_2015.jpg/440px-Yellow_Sea%2C_February_24%2C_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5713" data-file-height="6461" /></a><figcaption>Brown sediment spills out into the Yellow Sea from rivers in eastern China and Korea. The nutrients in the sediment may be responsible for the bloom of <a href="/wiki/Phytoplankton" title="Phytoplankton">phytoplankton</a> seen as blue-green swirls.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The Yellow Sea, excluding the Bohai, extends by about 960 km (600 mi) from north to south and about 700 km (430 mi) from east to west; it has an area of approximately 380,000 km<sup>2</sup> (150,000 sq mi) and a volume of about 17,000 km<sup>3</sup> (4,100 cu mi).<sup id="cite_ref-bse_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bse-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its depth is only 44 m (144 ft) on average, with a maximum of 152 m (499 ft). The sea is a flooded section of <a href="/wiki/Continental_shelf" title="Continental shelf">continental shelf</a> that formed after the <a href="/wiki/Younger_Dryas" title="Younger Dryas">last glacial period</a> (some 10,000 years ago) as sea levels rose 120 m (390 ft) to their current levels. The depth gradually increases from north to south.<sup id="cite_ref-bse_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bse-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sea bottom and shores are dominated by sand and silt brought by the rivers through the Bohai Sea (<a href="/wiki/Liao_River" title="Liao River">Liao River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hai_He" class="mw-redirect" title="Hai He">Hai He</a>) and the Korea Bay (<a href="/wiki/Yalu_River" title="Yalu River">Yalu River</a>). These deposits, together with sand storms are responsible for the yellowish colour of the water referenced in the sea's name.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sea annually receives so much sand and silt from rivers such as the <a href="/wiki/Yellow_River" title="Yellow River">Yellow River</a>, that it turns into a golden-yellow colour.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jungmun_Daepo_Columnar_Joints_with_waves_crashing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Jungmun_Daepo_Columnar_Joints_with_waves_crashing.jpg/220px-Jungmun_Daepo_Columnar_Joints_with_waves_crashing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Jungmun_Daepo_Columnar_Joints_with_waves_crashing.jpg/330px-Jungmun_Daepo_Columnar_Joints_with_waves_crashing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Jungmun_Daepo_Columnar_Joints_with_waves_crashing.jpg/440px-Jungmun_Daepo_Columnar_Joints_with_waves_crashing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2600" /></a><figcaption>Waves crashing at <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The seas surrounding Korea, which occupy a corner of Northeast Asia, border the "island nation" from the east, south, and west. Korea has named these the East Sea, South Sea, and West Sea (officially known as the Yellow Sea), respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Major islands of the sea include <a href="/wiki/Anmado" title="Anmado">Anmado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baengnyeongdo" title="Baengnyeongdo">Baengnyeongdo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daebudo" title="Daebudo">Daebudo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deokjeokdo" title="Deokjeokdo">Deokjeokdo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gageodo" title="Gageodo">Gageodo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ganghwado" class="mw-redirect" title="Ganghwado">Ganghwado</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hauido" title="Hauido">Hauido</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heuksando" title="Heuksando">Heuksando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hongdo" title="Hongdo">Hongdo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jejudo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jindo_(island)" title="Jindo (island)">Jindo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muuido" title="Muuido">Muuido</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sido_(island)" title="Sido (island)">Sido</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silmido" title="Silmido">Silmido</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sindo_(island)" title="Sindo (island)">Sindo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wando_(island)" title="Wando (island)">Wando</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yeongjongdo" title="Yeongjongdo">Yeongjongdo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yeonpyeongdo" title="Yeonpyeongdo">Yeonpyeongdo</a> (all in South Korea). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate_and_hydrology">Climate and hydrology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate and hydrology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DustStyormYellowSea2March2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/DustStyormYellowSea2March2008.jpg/220px-DustStyormYellowSea2March2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/DustStyormYellowSea2March2008.jpg/330px-DustStyormYellowSea2March2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/DustStyormYellowSea2March2008.jpg/440px-DustStyormYellowSea2March2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="330" /></a><figcaption>Satellite image of a dust storm over the Yellow sea on 2 March 2008<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The area has cold, dry winters with strong northernly <a href="/wiki/Monsoon" title="Monsoon">monsoons</a> blowing from late November to March. Average January temperatures are −10 °C (14 °F) in the north and 3 °C (37 °F) in the south. Summers are wet and warm with frequent typhoons between June and October.<sup id="cite_ref-bse_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bse-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Air temperatures range between 10 and 28 °C (50 and 82 °F). The average annual precipitation increases from about 500 mm (20 in) in the north to 1,000 mm (39 in) in the south. <a href="/wiki/Fog" title="Fog">Fog</a> is frequent along the coasts, especially in the upwelling cold-water areas.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sea has a warm cyclone current, forming part of the <a href="/wiki/Kuroshio_Current" title="Kuroshio Current">Kuroshio Current</a>, which diverges near the western part of Japan and flows northward into the Yellow Sea at a speed of less than 0.8 km/h (0.50 mph). Southward currents prevail near the sea coast, especially in the winter monsoon period.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rocky_shore_in_Dalian.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Rocky_shore_in_Dalian.jpg/250px-Rocky_shore_in_Dalian.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Rocky_shore_in_Dalian.jpg/330px-Rocky_shore_in_Dalian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Rocky_shore_in_Dalian.jpg/500px-Rocky_shore_in_Dalian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2560" /></a><figcaption>Rocky shore in <a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liaoning" title="Liaoning">Liaoning</a>, China</figcaption></figure> <p>The water temperature is close to freezing in the northern part in winter, so drift ice patches and continuous ice fields form and hinder navigation between November and March. The water temperature and salinity are homogeneous across the depth. The southern waters are warmer at 6–8 °C (43–46 °F). In spring and summer, the upper layer is warmed up by the sun and diluted by the fresh water from rivers, while the deeper water remains cold and saline. This deep water stagnates and slowly moves south. Commercial bottom-dwelling fishes are found around this mass of water, especially at its southern part. Summer temperatures range between 22 and 28 °C (72 and 82 °F). The average salinity is relatively low, at 30<a href="/wiki/Parts_per_thousand" class="mw-redirect" title="Parts per thousand">‰</a> in the north to 33–34‰ in the south, dropping to 26‰ or lower near the river deltas. In the southwest monsoon season (June to August) the increased rainfall and runoff further reduce the salinity of the upper sea layer.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Water transparency increases from about 10 meters (33 ft) in the north up to 45 meters (148 ft) in the south.<sup id="cite_ref-bse_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bse-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">Tides</a> are semidiurnal, i.e. rise twice a day. Their amplitude varies between about 0.9 and 3 meters (3.0 and 9.8 ft) at the coast of China. Tides are higher at the Korean Peninsula, typically ranging between 4 and 8 meters (13 and 26 ft) and reaching the maximum in spring. The tidal system rotates in a counterclockwise direction. The speed of the tidal current is generally less than 1.6 km/h (0.99 mph) in the middle of the sea, but may increase to more than 5.6 km/h (3.5 mph) near the coasts.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fastest tides reaching 20 km/h (12 mph) occur in the <a href="/wiki/Myeongnyang_Strait" title="Myeongnyang Strait">Myeongnyang Strait</a> between <a href="/wiki/Jindo_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Jindo Island">Jindo Island</a> and the Korean Peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-king_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-king-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The tide-related sea level variations result in a land pass 2.9 km (1.8 mi) long and 10–40 meters (33–131 ft) wide opening for approximately an hour between <a href="/wiki/Jindo_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Jindo Island">Jindo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Modo,_Jindo" title="Modo, Jindo">Modo</a> islands. The event occurs about twice a year, at the beginning of May and in the middle of June. It had long been celebrated in a local festival called "Jindo Sea Parting Festival", but was largely unknown to the outside world until 1975, when the French ambassador Pierre Randi described the phenomenon in a French newspaper.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_China" title="Wildlife of China">Wildlife of China</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bar-tailed_Godwit9may.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bar-tailed_Godwit9may.png/250px-Bar-tailed_Godwit9may.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bar-tailed_Godwit9may.png/330px-Bar-tailed_Godwit9may.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Bar-tailed_Godwit9may.png 2x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption>Migration paths and resting grounds of <a href="/wiki/Bar-tailed_godwit" title="Bar-tailed godwit">bar-tailed godwit</a> at the Yellow Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The sea is rich in seaweed (predominantly <a href="/wiki/Kelp" title="Kelp">kelp</a>, <i>Laminaria japonica</i>), <a href="/wiki/Cephalopod" title="Cephalopod">cephalopods</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crustacean" title="Crustacean">crustaceans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shellfish" title="Shellfish">shellfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clam" title="Clam">clams</a>, and especially in <a href="/wiki/Cyanobacteria" title="Cyanobacteria">blue-green algae</a> which bloom in summer and contribute to the water color (see image above). For example, the <a href="/wiki/Seaweed" title="Seaweed">seaweed</a> production in the area was as high as 1.5 million tonnes in 1979 for China alone. The abundance of all these plant and animal species increases toward the south and indicates a high sea productivity, accounting for the diversity of fish species and high fish yield from the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several species of <a href="/wiki/Gobiidae" title="Gobiidae">goby</a> new to science have been discovered recently<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (July 2023)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> in the Yellow Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The southern part of the Yellow Sea, including the entire west coast of <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>, contains a 10 km-wide (6.2 mi) belt of <a href="/wiki/Intertidal_zone" title="Intertidal zone">intertidal</a> <a href="/wiki/Mudflat" title="Mudflat">mudflats</a>, which has the total area of 2,850 km<sup>2</sup> (1,100 sq mi) and is maintained by 4–10 m (13–33 ft). Those flats consist of highly productive sediments with a rich benthic fauna and are of great importance for <a href="/wiki/Bird_migration" title="Bird migration">migratory</a> <a href="/wiki/Wader" title="Wader">waders</a> and shorebirds.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Surveys show that the area is the single most important site for migratory birds on northward migration in the entire <a href="/wiki/East_Asian_%E2%80%93_Australasian_Flyway" class="mw-redirect" title="East Asian – Australasian Flyway">East Asian – Australasian Flyway</a>, with more than 35 species occurring in internationally significant numbers. Two million birds, at minimum, pass through at the time, and about half that number use it on southward migration.<sup id="cite_ref-Barter2002_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barter2002-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Barter2005_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barter2005-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 300,000 migrating birds were transiting annually only through the <a href="/wiki/Saemangeum" title="Saemangeum">Saemangeum</a> tidal flat area. This estuary was however <a href="/wiki/Dam" title="Dam">dammed</a> by South Korea in 1991–2006 that resulted in drying off the land.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Land reclamation also took 65% of the intertidal area (of China, North Korea and South Korea) between the 1950s and 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and as of 2005 there were plans to reclaim a further 45%.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Populations of oceanic <a href="/wiki/Megafauna" title="Megafauna">megafauna</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Marine_mammal" title="Marine mammal">marine mammals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sea_turtle" title="Sea turtle">sea turtles</a>, and larger fish, have decreased in modern times, not only due to pollution but also due to hunting. Japanese industrial whaling<sup id="cite_ref-Weller,_D._et_al_2002_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weller,_D._et_al_2002-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and illegal mass operations by the Soviet Union with support from Japan<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> have been major drivers of population decline. Species that reside in the area today include <a href="/wiki/Spotted_seal" title="Spotted seal">spotted seals</a>, and cetaceans such as <a href="/wiki/Minke_whale" title="Minke whale">minke whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Killer_whale" class="mw-redirect" title="Killer whale">killer whales</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/False_killer_whale" title="False killer whale">false killer whales</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Finless_porpoise" title="Finless porpoise">finless porpoises</a>, but nonetheless all the remnants of species listed could be in very small numbers. Historically, large whales were abundant either for summering and wintering in the Yellow and Bohai Seas. For example, a unique population of resident <a href="/wiki/Fin_whale" title="Fin whale">fin whales</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gray_whale" title="Gray whale">gray whales</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were historically presented,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or possibly hosted some <a href="/wiki/North_Pacific_right_whale" title="North Pacific right whale">North Pacific right whales</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Humpback_whale" title="Humpback whale">Humpback whales</a> (3 whales including a cow calf pair was observed at <a href="/wiki/Changhai_County" title="Changhai County">Changhai County</a> in 2015<sup id="cite_ref-长海又现鲸鱼_这回是好几条_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-长海又现鲸鱼_这回是好几条-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) year-round other than migrating individuals, and many other migratory species such as <a href="/wiki/Baird%27s_beaked_whale" title="Baird's beaked whale">Baird's beaked whales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even <a href="/wiki/Blue_whale" title="Blue whale">blue whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_sea_lion" title="Japanese sea lion">Japanese sea lions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dugong" title="Dugong">dugongs</a> (in southern regions only),<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Leatherback_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Leatherback turtle">leatherback turtles</a> used to breed or migrate into Yellow and Bohai seas.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Spotted_seal" title="Spotted seal">Spotted seals</a> are the only resident species of seal in the Yellow Sea. A sanctuary for these seals is situated at <a href="/wiki/Baengnyeongdo" title="Baengnyeongdo">Baengnyeongdo</a>, which is also known for its <a href="/wiki/Finless_porpoise" title="Finless porpoise">finless porpoises</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Great_white_shark" title="Great white shark">Great white sharks</a> have also been known to prey on seals in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PopulationDensityYellowSea.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/PopulationDensityYellowSea.png/220px-PopulationDensityYellowSea.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/PopulationDensityYellowSea.png 1.5x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption>A map of population density around the Yellow Sea in <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a> (1994)<sup id="cite_ref-pop_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The coasts of the Yellow Sea are very densely populated, at approximately 250 inhabitants per square kilometer (650/sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-pop_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sea waters had been used for fishing by the Chinese, Korean and Japanese ships for centuries. The bottom layers are especially rich in fish with about 200 fish species exploited commercially, especially <a href="/wiki/Sparidae" title="Sparidae">sea bream</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sciaenidae" title="Sciaenidae">croakers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Synodontidae" title="Synodontidae">lizard fishes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prawn" title="Prawn">prawns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cutlassfish" title="Cutlassfish">cutlassfish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_horse_mackerel" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese horse mackerel">horse mackerel</a>, squid, <a href="/wiki/Eel" title="Eel">eel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Filefish" title="Filefish">filefish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pacific_herring" title="Pacific herring">Pacific herring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chub_mackerel" title="Chub mackerel">chub mackerel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flounder" title="Flounder">flounder</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and jellyfish.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The intensity of fishing has been gradually increasing for China and Korea and decreasing for Japan. For example, the production volumes for China rose from 619,000 tonnes in 1985 to 1,984,400 tonnes in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All species are overfished, however, and while the total catchments are rising, the fish population is continuously declining for most species.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Navigation is another traditional activity in the Yellow Sea. The main Chinese ports are <a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tianjin" title="Tianjin">Tianjin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qingdao" title="Qingdao">Qingdao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qinhuangdao" title="Qinhuangdao">Qinhuangdao</a>. The major South Korean ports on the Yellow Sea are <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gunsan" title="Gunsan">Gunsan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mokpo" title="Mokpo">Mokpo</a>, and that for North Korea is <a href="/wiki/Nampho" class="mw-redirect" title="Nampho">Nampho</a>, the outport of <a href="/wiki/Pyongyang" title="Pyongyang">Pyongyang</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Bohai_Train_Ferry" title="Bohai Train Ferry">Bohai Train Ferry</a> provides a shortcut between the <a href="/wiki/Liaodong_Peninsula" title="Liaodong Peninsula">Liaodong Peninsula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A major naval accident occurred on 24 November 1999 at <a href="/wiki/Yantai" title="Yantai">Yantai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shandong" title="Shandong">Shandong</a>, China when the 9,000-ton Chinese ferry <i>Dashun</i> caught fire and capsized in rough seas. About 300 people were killed, making it the worst maritime incident in China.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oil exploration has been successful in the Chinese and North Korean portions of the sea, with the proven and estimated reserves of about 9 and 20 billion tonnes, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the study and exploration of the sea is somewhat hindered by insufficient sharing of information between the involved countries. China initiated collaborations with foreign oil companies in 1979, but this initiative declined later.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A major oil spill occurred on 16 July 2010 when a pipeline exploded at the north-east port of <a href="/wiki/Dalian" title="Dalian">Dalian</a>, causing a wide-scale fire and spreading about 1,500 tonnes of oil over the sea area of 430 km<sup>2</sup> (170 sq mi). The port had been closed and fishing suspended until the end of August. Eight hundred fishing boats and 40 specialized vessels were mobilized to relieve the environmental damage.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_of_the_environment">State of the environment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: State of the environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Yellow_Sea_of_China_ESA240457.tiff" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_Yellow_Sea_of_China_ESA240457.tiff/lossy-page1-220px-The_Yellow_Sea_of_China_ESA240457.tiff.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_Yellow_Sea_of_China_ESA240457.tiff/lossy-page1-330px-The_Yellow_Sea_of_China_ESA240457.tiff.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/The_Yellow_Sea_of_China_ESA240457.tiff/lossy-page1-440px-The_Yellow_Sea_of_China_ESA240457.tiff.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1478" data-file-height="1466" /></a><figcaption>Envisat image, 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>The Yellow Sea is considered among the most degraded marine areas on earth.<sup id="cite_ref-UNDP_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNDP-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Loss of natural coastal habitats due to <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation" title="Land reclamation">land reclamation</a> has resulted in the destruction of more than 60% of tidal wetlands around the Yellow Sea coastline in approximately 50 years.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rapid coastal development for <a href="/wiki/Agriculture" title="Agriculture">agriculture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aquaculture" title="Aquaculture">aquaculture</a> and industrial development are considered the primary drivers of coastal destruction in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Murray_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Murray-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This degree of loss of area, widespread pollution, algal blooms and declines of invertebrate and vertebrate fauna have resulted in the classification of this ecosystem as <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">endangered</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MurrayMa2015_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MurrayMa2015-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to <a href="/wiki/Land_reclamation" title="Land reclamation">land reclamation</a>, the Yellow Sea ecosystem is facing several other serious environmental problems. Pollution is widespread<sup id="cite_ref-pollution_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pollution-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and deterioration of pelagic and benthic habitat quality has occurred, and harmful algal blooms frequently occur.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Invasion of <a href="/wiki/Introduced_species" title="Introduced species">introduced species</a> are having a detrimental effect on the Yellow Sea environment. There are 25 intentionally introduced species and 9 unintentionally introduced species in the Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem.<sup id="cite_ref-UNDP_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNDP-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Declines of biodiversity, fisheries and <a href="/wiki/Ecosystem_services" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecosystem services">ecosystem services</a> in the Yellow Sea are widespread.<sup id="cite_ref-UNDP_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNDP-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The tidal flats of the Yellow Sea are considered endangered.<sup id="cite_ref-MurrayMa2015_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MurrayMa2015-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location_of_Korean_Peace_Zones">Location of Korean Peace Zones</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yellow_Sea&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Location of Korean Peace Zones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 November 2018, officials from South Korea's Ministry of National Defense confirmed that "peace zones" had been established by the North and South Korean militaries in the Yellow Sea area that touches the North and South Korean demarcation line.<sup id="cite_ref-nov1_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nov1-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A buffer zone was also created in the Yellow Sea's <a href="/wiki/Northern_Limit_Line" title="Northern Limit Line">Northern Limit Line</a> (NLL).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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