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The Yellow Sea (in North and South Korea, it is also called the West Sea) is the northern part of the East China Sea, which in turn is a part of the Pacific Ocean. It is located between Mainland China and the Korean peninsula. Its name comes from the sand particles that color its water, originating from the yellow river, Huang He.The innermost bay of the Yellow Sea is called Bohai Sea (previously Pechili Bay or Zhili Bay). Into it flows both Huang He (through the Shandong province and its capital Jinan) and Hai He (through Beijing and Tianjin).
The Korea Bay, between the Chinese Liaoning province and northwestern North Korea is also part of the Yellow Sea.
The Bohai Sea and the Korea Bay are separated by the Liaodong Peninsula, with DalianDalian ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Dalian, Wade-Giles: Ta-lien), formerly Luda or Luta is an ice-free seaport and a sub-provincial city in eastern Liaoning Province of the Northeastern People's Republic of China ( Manchuri at its southernmost point.
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- Geography of ChinaChina stretches some 5,000 kilometers across the East Asian landmass in an erratically changing configuration of broad plains, expansive deserts, and lofty mountain ranges, including vast areas of inhospitable terrain. The eastern half of the country, its
- Geography of South KoreaSouth Korea is located in Eastern Asia, on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the East Sea and the Yellow Sea. South Korea, at 98,480 square kilometres, is slightly larger than the American state of Indiana. Two hundred and ninety square
- Geography of North KoreaLocation Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay ( Yellow Sea) and the East Sea of Korea ( Sea of Japan), between the People's Republic of China and South Korea Geographic coordinates: 40 00 N, 127 00 E Area total:120,5
- Korean peninsula
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KoreaKorea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in north East Asia adjacent to China in the west and Russia in the north. When World War II ended in 1945, the country was divided into two: the Republic of Korea ( South Korea) and the