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semi-enclosed sea [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

The term "semi-enclosed sea" [...] could be used in a broad sense to cover larger sea basins along the margins of the main ocean basins, more or less enclosed by a land mass–whether continental or insular–and with one or more narrow outlets to the oceans. Examples of that category of seas were the Caribbean Sea and the Andaman Sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
CONT

Les mers semi-fermées, qui ne communiquent avec l'océan mondial que par de détroits, sont affectées de courants marins d'échelle régionale déterminés par le bilan des échanges à travers le détroit, autant sinon plus que par l'effet des vents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 2 1999-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: Part IX, Enclosed or semi-enclosed seas Article 122, Definition: For the purposes of this Convention, "enclosed or semi-enclosed sea" means a gulf, basin or sea surrounded by two or more States and connected to another sea or the ocean by a narrow outlet or consisting entirely or primarily of the territorial seas and exclusive economic zones of two or more coastal Sates.

OBS

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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