East China Sea
Shanghai's adjacent waters
The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean, bounded by China to the west, Japan to the east, and Taiwan to the south.
It connects to the Yellow Sea in the north and the South China Sea through the Taiwan Strait.
The sea is a site of territorial disputes, particularly over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands: Tensions in the East China Sea have complicated regional diplomacy.
Marginal Pacific between Asia's coasts
- Sea of JapanNorthwest Pacific marginal body
- Taiwan StraitChannel separating contested territories
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
- OkinawaJapanese island, martial-arts origin
Kyushu · Shanghai · continental shelf · bathymetry · seafloor · tidal patterns · currents · depth
Supreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- territorial watersSovereign coastal sea zone
- median lineCentral dividing axis
- disputed watersSeas with competing claims
demarcation · coastguard · naval patrols · diplomatic tensions
Recoverable underground crude accumulations
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- offshore drillingExtracting petroleum from seabed
- fishing groundsWaters where fish congregate
hairtail · squid · cuttlefish · mackerel · anchovy · trawling · overfishing · aquaculture
Paths for exchanging goods
- container shipsVessels transporting standardized freight boxes
- cargo vesselsShips for hauling goods
- tankersShips transporting fluids
- BusanSouth Korea's port city
maritime traffic · navigation · freight · sea lanes · port calls · merchant ships · logistics · international waters
Yellow Sea
Marginal Pacific between Asia's coasts
- Sea of JapanNorthwest Pacific marginal body
- Taiwan StraitChannel separating contested territories
- Pacific OceanLargest body of water
Okinawa · Kyushu · Shanghai · continental shelf · bathymetry · seafloor · tidal patterns · currents · depth · basin
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- territorial watersSovereign coastal sea zone
- median lineCentral dividing axis
disputed waters · demarcation · coastguard · naval patrols · diplomatic tensions
oil reserves
Recoverable underground crude accumulations
- natural gasSubterranean hydrocarbon fuel
- hydrocarbonsCarbon-hydrogen organic compounds
- offshore drillingExtracting petroleum from seabed
fishing grounds · hairtail · squid · cuttlefish · mackerel · anchovy · trawling · overfishing · aquaculture · fish stocks
trade routes
Paths for exchanging goods
- container shipsVessels transporting standardized freight boxes
- cargo vesselsShips for hauling goods
- tankersShips transporting fluids
Busan · maritime traffic · navigation · freight · sea lanes · port calls · merchant ships · logistics · international waters · seafaring
- AsiaIndia, Japan, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam
- East AsiaJapan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea, Taiwan
- Directional PlacesNorth Korea, South Korea, North America, South America, West Virginia
- Asian Geopoliticsborder dispute, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, diplomatic tensions
- Asian SeasSea of Japan, Yellow Sea, Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin
- Asian WatersYangtze, Mekong, Ganges, Indus, Yellow River
east, China, Chinese, eastward, eastwards, Chinatown, East, easting