What is Marginal sea?
A '''marginal sea''' is a part of an [[ocean]] that is between the [[Littoral zone|coastal zone]] and open ocean.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marginal Seas |url=http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/La-Mi/Marginal-Seas.html |website=Water Encyclopedia |access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref> Such a [[sea]] is partly [[wikt:enclosed|enclosed]] by land and not as deep as the open ocean.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marginal Sea |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/marginal-sea |website=Science Direct |access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref> There are many named marginal seas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dimensions of the Oceans and Marginal Seas |url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/dimensions-oceans-and-marginal-seas/ |website=Scholastic |access-date=16 September 2019}}</ref> However, there is some disagreement on what makes a sea a marginal sea or not.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wang|first=James C. F.|title=Handbook on Ocean Politics & Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GrEOofrVra4C|year=1992|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-26434-4|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=GrEOofrVra4C&pg=PA14&dq=%22the+problem+is+basically+definition%22 14]}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Related pages == * [[List of seas]] * [[Inland sea]] [[Category:Bodies of water]] [[Category:Seas]] {{geo-stub}}