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Yellow Sea

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Yellow Sea or Huanghai [yellow sea], arm of the Pacific Ocean, between China and Korea. It has a maximum depth of 500 ft (152 m). Bohai, Korea Bay (or West Korea Bay), and the Liaodong Gulf are its major inlets. The Huang He, Huai, Liao, and Yalu rivers empty into it. South of the Korean peninsula, it becomes the East China Sea. The name sometimes appears as Hwang-hai. ... Read more

Yellow Sea
The Oxford American College Dictionary

Yel·low Sea an arm of the East China Sea that separates ...

Yellow Sea
Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names Yellow Sea (Huáng Hăi), China So‐called because of the colour of its water, received from the Yellow River and others that discharge into it. Read more

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	Major components of aerosols in North China: Desert region and the yellow sea in the spring and summer of 1995 and 1996 Magazine article from: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Qingdao), and an island from the Yellow Sea (i.e., Qianliyan), respectively...cold fronts pass through over the Yellow Sea. The crust-dominated aerosols carried...of pollutant and sea salt over the Yellow Sea. The sea salt and regional aerosols... Read more
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	Korea, China, UNDP to Launch Yellow Sea Eco Survey. Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 1/24/2000; 416 words ; ...environmental survey project in the Yellow Sea, or West Sea, the pollution of which...steering committee meeting of the ``Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem'' last Thursday...results concerning the pollution of the Yellow Sea. Therefore, the project, if implemented... Read more
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	Thank goodness for a safe pair of hands ; So there I was, hanging in mid-air and looking up at the shiny yellow underside of a Sea King helicopter. Newspaper article from: Herald Express (Torquay UK); 12/4/2007; 700+ words ; ...and looking up at the shiny yellow underside of a Sea King helicopter. Squally showers...rescues are inland. The two Sea Kings from A Flight were also...Gloucester floods this year. At sea they play their part in a million-square-...miles out to a rescue. The Sea King can stay airborne ... Read more
	South Korea sinks torpedo boat in Yellow Sea battle Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/16/1999; ; 469 words ; A TENSE stand-off in the Yellow Sea exploded yesterday morning when the...shattered a fragile peace in the Yellow Sea, which has not seen a full-blown...Southern patrol boats in a contested sea area between the North Korean mainland... Read more
	Sea of Trouble.(North and South Korea battle in Yellow Sea) Magazine article from: Newsweek International; 6/28/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...island just 10 kilometers below the Yellow Sea border with communist North Korea...North Korea chose to provoke the Yellow Sea battle now. Pyongyang only recently...Northern fishermen have tested the Yellow Sea border countless times, but this... Read more
	Pacific Decadal Oscillation and Sea Level Variability in the Bohai, Yellow, and East China Seas Magazine article from: Journal of Physical Oceanography; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...interannual and longer-term sea level variability...Introduction The Bohai, Yellow, and East China Seas...2004). In the Bohai, Yellow, and East China Seas...indicated significant sea level variability...altimetry to low-frequency sea level variability are limited in the Bohai, ... Read more
	Get behind your team ; Torquay United manager Paul Buckle will urge Gulls fans to turn Plainmoor into a "sea of yellow" today for the Blue Square Premier play-offs semi-final second-leg showdown with Devon rivals Exeter City (12.30pm). Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 5/5/2008; ; 385 words ; ...Buckle will urge Gulls fans to turn Plainmoor into a "sea of yellow" today for the Blue Square Premier play-offs semi-final...summer, the supporters and us. Now I would love to see a sea of yellow at Plainmoor - I know how much that would lift the players... Read more

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