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North Sea
MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy — Saturday November 22, 2008
North Sea (Latin Mare Germanicum), arm of the Atlantic Ocean, between the eastern coast of Great Britain and the continent of Europe. The Strait of Dover, with the English Channel, forms the southern link with the Atlantic. The greatest width of the North Sea is about 645 km (about 400 mi), its greatest length about 965 km (about 600 mi), and its area about 575,000 sq km (about 222,000 sq mi). A number of rivers flow into the southern part of the North Sea, namely, the Elbe, Weser, Ems, Rhine (which is joined at its mouth by the Meuse), and Schelde (Escaut) in Europe and the Thames and Humber in Great Britain. The sea reaches its greatest depth off the coast of Norway. The shallow Dogger Bank occupies the south central part of the sea. The tides of the North Sea are very irregular, because two tidal waves enter it, one from the north and one from the south.
