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MER FERMEE [2 records]

Record 1 2017-10-13

English

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

A land-locked sea has no connection with the open sea, and may be assimilated to a mere lake. This may lie within one ... State or, like the Caspian Sea, between two States. In the latter case, there is a division of the waters between the two States concerned. The legal status of inland and land-locked seas is that of internal waters, that is to say they are under the full sovereignty of the coastal state. Foreign warships require special permission to enter inland seas, and merchant ships are required to satisfy any conditions which may be laid down by the territorial state.

OBS

closed sea: The term "enclosed sea" ... should not be confused with the term "closed sea." An enclosed sea was not a fully closed sea much as the Caspian Sea or the Aral Sea, which had no outlets to the open oceans. It was, instead, a small body of inland water, such as the Persian Gulf or the Baltic Sea, which had at least one outlet to the open sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Vaste étendue d'eau salée complètement enfermée dans les terres [...]

CONT

La mer Caspienne est une mer intérieure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
CONT

Los mares interiores o cerrados suelen ocupar extensas depresiones endorreicas: son lagos muy grandes, de aguas más o menos saladas, entre los cuales destacan el mar Caspio y el de Aral.

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Record 2 1987-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
DEF

A sea or other navigable body of water that is under the jurisdiction of one nation and that is closed to other nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
DEF

Terme employé pour indiquer que la mer à laquelle il s'applique n'est pas régie par la règle de la liberté des mers. Appliqué : a) aux espaces marins relevant pleinement de la souveraineté de l'État riverain, qu'il s'agisse d'une mer sans communication avec l'Océan et comprise dans le territoire d'un seul État, ou d'une mer communiquant avec l'Océan et entourée ainsi que son accès par le territoire d'un seul État.

Spanish

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