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Fun fact 1 about North Sea

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The North Sea is more than 970 kilometres long and 580 kilometres wide.

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16th largest ocean in the world

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north.

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Photo: MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC · Public Domain