North Sea Giant Automation System

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north. It is more than 970 kilometres long and 580 kilometres wide, covering 570,000 square kilometres.
  • Location: Western Europe and Northern Europe
  • Primary inflows: Baltic Sea, Elbe, Weser, Ems, Rhine/Waal, Meuse, Scheldt, Spey, Don, Dee, Tay, Forth, Tyne, Wear, Tees, Humber, Thames
  • Basin countries: United Kingdom (specifically England and Scotland), Norway, Denmark, Germany (specifically Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein), the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Czech Republic
  • Max. length: 960 km (600 mi)
  • Max. width: 580 km (360 mi)
  • Surface area: 570,000 km² (220,000 sq mi)
  • Average depth: 95 m (312 ft)

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Data from: en.wikipedia.org