Marginal sea - Enkai (English spelling)

Japanese: 縁海 - えんかい(英語表記)marginal sea
Marginal sea - Enkai (English spelling)

A small sea that is adjacent to the ocean via an island, island archipelago, or peninsula, and is underlain by oceanic crust. Marginal seas and the Mediterranean Sea are collectively called adjoining seas. Examples include the Sea of ​​Japan, East China Sea, South China Sea, Sea of ​​Okhotsk, Bering Sea, North Sea, Irish Sea, Gulf of California, and Bass Strait. As they are close to areas of human activity, they are easily affected by them, and are important in terms of the environment, undersea resources, and seafloor resources, making them closer to us than the oceans.

[Kenzo Takano]

[References] | Ocean crust | Mediterranean Sea | Affiliated ocean

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

島・島孤や半島を境として大洋に接し、下が海洋地殻となっている小さな海。縁海と地中海を併せて付属海という。日本海、東シナ海、南シナ海、オホーツク海、ベーリング海、北海、アイルランド海、カリフォルニア湾、バス海峡などである。人間活動の場に近いのでその影響を受けやすく、環境や海中資源や海底資源の面で重要であり、大洋よりも身近な海である。

[高野健三]

[参照項目] | 海洋地殻 | 地中海 | 付属海

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