The North Sea
The
North Sea
, umwhile kent as the
German Ocean
is a pairt o the
Atlantic Ocean
. The North Sea lies atween
Norrowey
an
Denmark
tae the east,
Scotland
an
Ingland
tae the wast,
Germany
, the
Netherlands
,
Belgium
an
Fraunce
tae the sooth.
The
Skagerrak
jynes the North Sea tae the
Baltic Sea
. In the sooth, the North Sea chynges intil the
Inglis Chainel
, a sea atween
Ingland
an
Fraunce
. This is cried the
Straight o Dover
an is gey busy wi
ships
an the Skagerrak is at an imaginarie line atween
Lindesnes
in Norrowey, an
Hanstholm
in Denmark. Tae the north, the North Sea is open towards the Atlantic. The mairch atween the twa is an imaginarie line frae Northren Scotland, tae
Shetland
, an then on tae
Alesund
in Norrowey. Accordin tae the
Oslo-Paris Treaty
o
1962
it is a bittie mair tae the wast an the north. The treaty puts it at 5° wast an 62° north. That is at the heicht o the
Geirangerfjord
in Norrowey.
On average, the North Sea haes a depth o nae mair nor 94 metres. Aboot 80 million fowk bide near the North Sea, at maist 150 km awa fae the coast. Thegither wi the Inglis Channel tae the sooth, the soothren North Sea is the maist busy body ae watter in the yird.
Rivers that drains intil the North Sea
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Weel-kent rivers that drains intil the North Sea include the
Tay
(at
Dundee
), the
Forth
(at
Embra
), the Tyne (at
Newcastle
), the
Elbe
(at
Cuxhaven
), the
Weser
(at
Bremerhaven
), the
Ems
at
Emden
, the
Rhine
an
Meuse
(at
Rotterdam
), the
Scheldt
(at
Flushing
), the
Thames
, an the
Humber
(at
Hull
).
The
Kiel Canal
, ane o the yird's busiest artificial watterways, connects the North Sea wi the
Baltic Sea
.
In the last
ice age
the North Sea wis coverit bi muckle auries o ice cried
glaciers
. Aroond 20,000 year ago the ice meltit an the North Sea wis made.
In the
1960s
geologists
foond muckle auries o
natural gas
an
ile
unner the North Sea. Maist o the ile fields are owned bi the
Unitit Kinrick
an
Norrowey
bit some are owned bi
Denmark
, the
Netherlands
an
Germany
. Drillin began in the
1980s
an led tae a famous argument atween
Ingland
an
Scotland
aboot hou the sillar frae the ile should be spent.
Fowk hae been
fishin
in the North Sea lang syne. Houaniver, sae mony
fish
are caught that the new fish micht nae be able tae grow fast enough tae keep the fishery going.
Pirrs
,
pictarnies
,
tammie norries
,
razorbills
,
tarrocks
an ither
seabirds
bide on the North Sea
coast
. Mony coastal auries is protectit
nature reserves
.
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