Yellow Sea

Yellow Sea
Location in China
Location in China
Yellow Sea
Location within China
LocationEast Asia
Coordinates38°0′N 123°0′E / 38.000°N 123.000°E / 38.000; 123.000
River sources
Yellow River, Hai River, Yalu River, Taedong River, Han River
Basin countriesChina, North Korea, and South Korea
Surface area
380,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi)
Average depth
Avg. 44 m (144 ft)
Max. depthMax. 152 m (499 ft)
Yellow Sea
The yellow sea between Qingdao and South Korea
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese黄海
Traditional Chinese黃海
Literal meaningYellow Sea
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuáng Hǎi
Bopomofoㄏㄨㄤˊ   ㄏㄞˇ
Wu
RomanizationWaon入 Hae平
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWong4 Hoi2
Korean name
Hangul황해 or 서해
Hanja黃海 or 西海
Literal meaningYellow Sea or West Sea
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationHwanghae or Seohae
McCune–ReischauerHwanghae or Sŏhae

The Yellow Sea (simplified Chinese: 黄海; traditional Chinese: 黃海; pinyin: Huáng Hǎi; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄏㄞˇ; Korean: 황해; Hanja: 黃海; RR: Hwanghae), also known as the North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea.