The largest sea in China is the South China Sea.
The South China Sea is a natural sea area of about 3.5 million square kilometers. It is the largest and deepest sea area off the coast of China, with an average water depth of 12 12 meters and a maximum water depth of 5,559 meters. China's territorial sea consists of the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the South China Sea. The coastline of the eastern and southern continents is 6,543,800 kilometers long. The inland and offshore waters cover an area of about 4.7 million square kilometers.
The South China Sea is about 2000 kilometers long from north to south and 1000 kilometers wide from east to west. It starts from the connecting line between Nan 'ao Island and the southern tip of Taiwan Province Island in the north, reaches kalimantan island and Sumatra Island in the south, Chinese mainland, Indo-China Peninsula and Malay Peninsula in the west, and reaches the Philippines in the east, and is connected with the East Pacific Ocean and the West Indian Ocean through straits or waterways. It is a semi-closed sea with northeast-southwest trend.
Marine resources in the South China Sea
The South China Sea is rich in plant resources, animal resources and mineral resources, as follows:
1. Plant resources: There are about 5 10 species of plankton, mainly diatoms and dinoflagellates. 245 species of 3 1 varieties of phytoplankton have been found in the central sea area, but there are not many species of wild plants in zhongsha islands.
2. Animal resources: There are abundant fish resources and diverse species. There are about 2,000 species of fish and 800 species of economic fish in southwest zhongsha islands, ranking first among the four sea areas in China.
3. Mineral resources: There are dozens of metallic elements such as iron, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, lead, zinc and other nonmetallic minerals such as zeolite and coral shell limestone in the southwest of zhongsha islands.
China's largest ocean is the South China Sea, which, as an important strategic transportation hub and sea passage, occupies an important position in the geography of China.
Which sea is the largest in the world?
Ocean refers to a large area of salt water area connected with the ocean, which is an accessory part of the ocean edge. It can be roughly divided into marginal sea, inland sea and inland sea. The whole area accounts for about 1 1% of the ocean, which can provide rich resources for human beings. Which seas are larger in area? This paper will take stock and briefly introduce the top ten largest oceans in the world.
The top ten oceans in the world.
1. Coral Sea
Coral Sea, with a sea area of 479 1 1,000 square kilometers, belongs to the South Pacific Ocean. Located between Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and New Guinea, it is the largest sea in the world, covering about half of the land area of China. Named after the large coral reefs distributed in the sea, the Great Barrier Reef is the most famous, with a total area of 80,000 square kilometers.
2. Arabian Sea
The Arabian Sea is a sea area between Arabian Peninsula and Indian Peninsula, with a total flower area of 3.86 million square kilometers, including the Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Oman, with an average water depth of 2,734 meters and the deepest point of 5,203 meters, among which the Mande Strait and the Strait of Hormuz are the main traffic arteries in the world.
3. South China Sea
Boy is located in the marginal sea in the south of China, which is the largest offshore area in China. There are four islands in the sea area: east, south, west and north. The average depth of this 3.56 million square kilometers sea area is 12 12 meters, and the deepest point can reach 5567 meters, while the area under the jurisdiction of China is about 2 10 square kilometers.
4.weddell sea
The Weddell Sea is a sea area that goes deep into the coast of the Antarctic continent and is located at the southernmost tip of the Atlantic Ocean. Sponge covers an area of about 2.89 million square kilometers, making it the fourth largest sea in the world, with the Antarctic Peninsula in the south and cortese in the east. Due to its deep penetration into the Antarctic continental cove, the sea area is often covered with thick ice.
5. Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is located in the western Atlantic Ocean between North and South America, with a sea surface area of 2.754 million square kilometers and an average water depth of 249 1. The deepest part is the Cayman Trench, 7680 meters, which is the deepest land sea in the world, and has the largest coral reef group in the world.
6. Mediterranean
The Mediterranean is no stranger to everyone. It is a sea area of 2510.2 million square kilometers, the largest land sea in the world and the oldest sea in the world. Divided into two parts by the Apennine Peninsula and the Tunisian Strait, the deepest part of the sea is 5 1, 2 1 m, which is located in the inevitable Ionian basin of Greece.
7.bering sea
Bering Sea is the northernmost marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean, which is located between 66 31'north latitude and 5122' east longitude. It is triangular as a whole and has a sea area of 2.3 million square kilometers. The north is connected with the Arctic Ocean through the Bering Strait, and the south is connected with the Pacific Ocean through the Aleutian Islands. It was named after the famous Danish captain Bering sailed here on 1728.
8. tasman sea
Tasman sea is located in the east of Australia and the west of New Zealand, covering an area of about 2.3 million square kilometers. The southwest is connected with the Indian Ocean through the bass strait, and the east is connected with the Pacific Ocean through the Cork Strait. Because there is a roaring westerly belt here, it is also famous for its many storms.
9. Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the northwest Pacific Ocean surrounded by different terrain areas in Northeast Asia, with a sea surface area of 6,543,800 square kilometers and an average water depth of 777 meters. Kamchatka peninsula and Thousand Islands are in the east, Hokkaido in the south and Sakhalin Island in the southwest.
10. Barents Sea
This Arctic marginal sea is located in northern Norway and Russia, covering an area of about 6,543,800+0.4 million square kilometers, with an average water depth of 229 meters and a total seawater volume of about 322,000 cubic kilometers. Due to the current, the southern part of the Barents Sea will not be frozen all year round, but the northern part will be completely thawed in September. This sea is also named after the famous Dutch navigator William Barents.
Top ten in the world
Top ten universities in the world: Harvard University.
Second place in the world's top ten universities: Cambridge University, third place in the world's top ten universities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, fourth place in the world's top ten universities: Stanford University, fifth place in the world's top ten universities: University of California, Berkeley, sixth place in the world's top ten universities: Oxford University, seventh place in the world's top ten universities: California Institute of Technology, eighth place in the world's top ten universities: Yale University, ninth place in the world's top ten universities: Columbia University, tenth place in the world.
Harvard, a private research university headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the most famous institution of higher learning in North America with its long history, important position and influence in academic circles.
Founded in 1209, the Federal Research Institute University in Cambridge, England, has a long history and is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. This is a private research university. The university of science and technology has great advantages in scientific and technological development, and teaching is closely related to industry. One-stop study abroad strategy
The largest city in China
The biggest cities in China are Shanghai and Beijing.
1. Shanghai ranks third in the world's largest city and is a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China. Located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, facing Kyushu Island across the East Sea of China, it is adjacent to Hangzhou Bay in the south and Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the west, with an area of 6,340 square kilometers, an urban area of 1563 square kilometers and a population of about 24152,700.
As the capital of China, Beijing ranks sixth among the largest cities in the world and the second largest city in China. Beijing is the capital of People's Republic of China (PRC), with a total area of 164 10.54 km2, an urban area of 1268 km2, a population of 21705 million, a regional GDP of 2,296.86 billion yuan and a per capita GDP of 106284 yuan.
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Ten cities in China except Shanghai and Beijing:
1, Guangzhou, referred to as Guangzhou for short, also known as Yangcheng and Huacheng, formerly known as Renxiaocheng, Chuting and Panyu, the capital of Guangdong Province, is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, at the intersection of Dongjiang, Xijiang and Beijiang, at the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta, bordering the South China Sea of China. It covers an area of 7,434 square kilometers, with a population of1350.110,000 and a regional GDP of181004110,000, making it the second largest city in China, with an area nearly twice that of Guangzhou.
2. Wuhan, referred to as "Han" for short, is the capital of Hubei Province in China, the largest city and the only sub-provincial city in Central China, the most prosperous city in China, and the regional central city in People's Republic of China (PRC). It covers an area of 8,594 square kilometers, with a population of 65.438+006.077 million, a per capita GDP of 65.438+05.5 million dollars and a regional GDP of 65.438+009.056 million yuan, ranking fourth among the top ten cities in China.
3. Chongqing, referred to as Bayu, Shancheng, Du Yu, Du Qiao and Wudu for short, is a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, a national central city, a megacity, a world hot spring capital, an economic center, a financial center and an innovation center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and a political, cultural, scientific, technological, educational and artistic center and an international metropolis positioned by the State Council. It covers an area of 82,402 square kilometers and has a population of 30 1.6555 million.
4. Tianjin, referred to as Tianjin for short, is a municipality directly under the Central Government of the People's Republic of China, a national central city, an economic center around the Bohai Sea, a national advanced manufacturing R&D base, a northern international shipping core area, a demonstration area for financial innovation and operation, a pioneering area for reform and opening up, an R&D center for traditional Chinese medicine in China, and a testing and evaluation center for marine instruments in the Asia-Pacific region. Tianjin is also one of the six mega cities. Area 1. 194600 square kilometers, population 15469500, ranking sixth among the top ten cities in China.
Harbin is the capital of Heilongjiang Province and the political, economic and cultural center of northeast China. The city covers a total area of about 53,840 square kilometers, governs 9 municipal districts and 7 counties, and governs 2 county-level cities, of which the area of municipal districts is 1.0 1.98 square kilometers. In 20 14, the total registered population was 9.94 million, covering an area of 53 1 10,000 square kilometers.
6. Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province, also known as Shengjing and Fengtian, is located in the southeast of China. It is a comprehensive hub city leading to kanto region in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Area 12948 km2, population 8.257 million.
7. Nanjing, referred to as Ning for short, is the capital of Jiangsu Province, located in the east of China, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and near the sea. The city has 1 1 districts with a total area of 6597 square kilometers. In 20 13, the built-up area was 752.83 square kilometers, and the permanent population was 8187,800, of which the urban population was 659 100, covering an area of 6,597 square kilometers, ranking ninth among the top ten cities in China.
8. Chengdu, abbreviated as Rong, is the capital of Sichuan. 1993 was identified by the State Council as the center of science and technology, commerce, finance and transportation and communication in southwest China. It is a midwestern city with the largest number of foreign consulates and the largest number of international routes. Area 14605 km2, population157.28 million.
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The Three Inland Seas of China
China has three inland seas: Bohai Sea, Qiongzhou Strait and Xisha Inland Water.
Bohai Sea, the northernmost part of China offshore, is the inland sea of China people and China, and also belongs to the category of internal water. The coastline is about 3800 kilometers long. It is about 346 kilometers wide from east to west and 550 kilometers long from north to south. It covers an area of about 80,000 square kilometers with an average depth of18m. Bohai Sea is an almost closed inland sea, bounded by the connecting line between the Yellow Sea and Laotieshan point of Liaodong Peninsula via Miaodao to Penglai point at the northern end of Shandong Peninsula.
natural resource
There are rivers such as Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay, Laizhou Bay, Liaohe River, Haihe River and Yellow River along the coast of Bohai Sea, which bring a lot of organic matter from the land and are natural fishing grounds rich in prawns, crabs and yellow croaker.
The line between the western corner of Laotie Mountain at the southern tip of Liaodong Peninsula and Penglai Head on the northern shore of Shandong Peninsula is the dividing line between Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea.