Sea of Japan
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Area
978K km²
Coordinates
40.0000, 135.0000
Category
oceans
Overview
Strategic body of water between Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Russia.
About
The Sea of Japan (see § Names for other names) is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific Ocean. This isolation also affects faunal diversity and salinity, both of which are lower than in the open ocean.
More about Sea of Japan
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