Baltic Sea

Also known as Baltic, the Baltic, Baltick Sea, East Sea, Sarmatian Ocean

Inland sea of the Atlantic Ocean basin

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The Baltic Sea is an inland body of water connected to the Atlantic Ocean basin, located in northern Europe and surrounded by several countries. It is an important waterway for trade and navigation in the region.

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Area: 377000
Elevation: 0
Image: SvetlogorskRauschen 05-2017 img11 beach.jpg

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Commons category: Baltic Sea
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vertical depth: 57
salinity: 10
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The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain regions. It is the world's largest brackish water basin.

The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. It is a shelf sea and marginal sea of the Atlantic with limited water exchange between the two, making it an inland sea. The Baltic Sea drains through the Danish Straits into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, Great Belt and Little Belt. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia (divided into the Bothnian Bay and the Bothnian Sea), the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and the Bay of Gdańsk.