Yellow Sea

Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Location	East Asia
Coordinates	38°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 countries	China, North Korea, and South Korea
Surface area	380,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi)
Average depth	Avg. 44 m (144 ft)
Max. depth	Max. 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 meaning	Yellow Sea
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Hǎi Wu Romanization Waon入 Hae平 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Wong4 Hoi2
Korean name
Hangul	황해 or 서해
Hanja	黃海 or 西海
Literal meaning	Yellow Sea or West Sea
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Hwanghae or Seohae McCune–Reischauer Hwanghae or Sŏhae

The Yellow Sea, 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.