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 a marginal and inland sea located in Europe. It is part of the North Atlantic Ocean and the World Ocean. The sea contains brackish water and has a salinity of 10. Its lowest point is the Landsort Deep, with a vertical depth of 459. The total area of the Baltic Sea is 377000.

The Baltic Sea shares borders with the Øresund, Great Belt, and Little Belt. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Riga, and Sea of Åland. The drainage basin is the Baltic Sea basin. The countries bordering the sea are Sweden, Finland, Russia, and Estonia. It is named after the east and west. The Baltic Sea replaces the Littorina Sea.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: inland sea
Part of: World Ocean
Has part: Sea of Åland
Named after: west
Country: Denmark
Continent: Europe
Area: 377000
Elevation: 0
Shares border with: Little Belt
Image: SvetlogorskRauschen 05-2017 img11 beach.jpg

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lowest point: Landsort Deep
Commons category: Baltic Sea
topic's main category: Category:Baltic Sea
basin country: Denmark
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
Commons gallery: Baltic Sea
vertical depth: 57
category for the water basin: Category:Drainage basins of the Baltic Sea
salinity: 10
contains: brackish water
drainage basin: Baltic Sea basin
replaces: Littorina Sea
inflows: Łupawa
P8168: Drais

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Baltic Sea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.