What is North Sea?
[[File:Nseamap.gif|right|thumb|The North Sea]] The '''North Sea''' is a [[sea]] that is part of the Atlantic Ocean in northern [[Europe]]. The North Sea is between [[Norway]] and [[Denmark]] in the east, [[Scotland]] and [[England]] in the west, [[Germany]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and [[France]] in the south. == Borders == The [[Skagerrak]] connects the North Sea to the [[Baltic Sea]]. In the south, the North Sea becomes the [[English Channel]], a sea between [[England]] and [[France]]. This is called the [[Dover Straits]] and is very busy with [[ship]]s. The border between the North Sea and the Skagerrak is at an imagined line between [[Lindesnes]] in Norway, and [[Hanstholm]] in Denmark. In the North, the North sea is open towards the Atlantic. The border between the two is an imagined line from Northern Scotland, to [[Shetland]], and then to [[Ålesund]] in Norway. According to the [[Oslo-Paris Treaty]] of 1962 it is a bit more to the west and the north though. The treaty puts it at 5° East longitude, and 62° North latitude. That is at the parallel of the [[Geirangerfjord]] in Norway. == Other facts == On average, the North Sea has a depth of only 94 meters. About 80 million people live near the North Sea, at most 150&nbsp;km away from the coast. Together with the English Channel in the south, the southern North Sea is the busiest body of water in the world. == Rivers that drain into it == Well-known rivers that drain into the North Sea include the [[River Tay|Tay]] (at [[Dundee]]), the [[Firth of Forth|Forth]] (at [[Edinburgh]]), the [[River Tyne|Tyne]] ([[South Shields]]), the [[River Wear|Wear]] (at [[Sunderland]]), the [[River Tees|Tees]] (near [[Middlesbrough]]), the [[River Elbe|Elbe]] (at [[Cuxhaven]]), the [[River Weser|Weser]] (at [[Bremerhaven]]), the [[River Rhine|Rhine]] and [[Meuse (river)|Meuse or Maas]] (at [[Rotterdam]]), the [[River Scheldt|Scheldt]] (at [[Flushing, Netherlands|Flushing or Vlissingen]]), the [[River Thames|Thames]], and the [[River Humber|Humber]] (at [[Kingsto