inland seas
Continentally enclosed oceans
Inland seas are large bodies of saltwater or brackish water nearly or entirely enclosed by land.
The Caspian Sea and the Black Sea are inland seas, connected to the ocean only through narrow straits or not at all.
The term distinguishes these from open ocean waters and from freshwater lakes, though the line between a large lake and an inland sea can blur: The Great Lakes are sometimes called inland seas due to their size.
- water bodiesGeographic liquid accumulations
- Lake HuronGreat body bordering Michigan
- lakesLarge inland water bodies
- Lake OntarioSmallest Great freshwater body
- lagoonsSheltered coastal water bodies
Lake Michigan · Lake Superior · Lake Erie · freshwater bodies · lochs · endorheic basin · open waters · dead water · brackish water · estuary · fishing grounds · shipping lanes · basin · aquatic ecosystems · trade route · ancient trade · water level · limnology
- ancient seastrilobites, ammonites, superocean
- wetlandsswamp, swamps, marsh, marshes, marshland
- Cretaceous PeriodVelociraptor, hadrosaur, ceratopsian, titanosaur, K-Pg boundary
- feudal Japansamurai, shogun, daimyo, shogunate, bushido
- prehistoric habitatstar pits
inland seasopen ocean
Sea far from shore
high seas · open water · open sea · deep ocean · international waters
inland, sea, seas, land, lands, landed, landing, landings, landlocked