North Sea
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and the European mainland. About 201,000 square miles (520,600 square kilometers); greatest depth, 1,998 feet (610 meters).
Origin of North Sea
1- Formerly German Ocean .
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How to use North Sea in a sentence
North Sea oil and gas, which accounts for 14% of Norway’s GDP, 40% of exports, and employs 7% of its workforce, has made the country one of the richest in the world, by GDP per capita.
Norway's 'Climate Election' Showed Voters Want Change. But Are They Ready to Give Up Oil? | Eloise Barry | September 15, 2021 | TimeIn 2014, a Netherlands-based company opened an osmotic plant perched atop the Afsluitdijk, a dike that separates the salty North Sea from the freshwater bay of IJsselmeer.
Estuaries could power us to a low-carbon future | Claire Maldarelli | June 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceYears earlier, Merrell, a physical oceanographer at Texas A&M University at Galveston, had toured the gigantic Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier, a nearly 6-mile-long bulwark that prevents North Sea storms from flooding the southern Dutch coast.
Texas’s 82-foot-tall storm-gate plan may have some gaping holes | Purbita Saha | June 15, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWith limited land and many cities that are at or below sea level, the Dutch are taking advantage of their North Sea border to create new energy sources.
Nuclear-capable Russian bombers are flying over the North Sea and the Atlantic.
Are Russian Bombers Flying Nuclear Drills Near Europe—Or Just Testing NATO’s Defenses? | Dave Majumdar | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Aberdeen, perched on the North Sea, offers a perfect example of the schism between the top and bottom earners.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality | Noah Caldwell | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTProceeds from its North Sea drilling rigs will insure corruption and kleptocracy on a Nigerian scale.
Up to a Point: A Free Scotland Would Be a Hilarious Disaster | P. J. O’Rourke | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy parents came from the tiny island of Föhr in the North Sea off the coast of Germany and Denmark.
Stigler escorted the bomber over the North Sea and took one last look at the American pilot.
A sailor, who had brought an accordion with him, was playing "While the North Sea roars," and other popular airs.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandFew people know that large numbers of the splendid seamen who man our North Sea fishing fleets are arrant Cockneys.
The Chequers | James RuncimanHe knew his way about the North Sea blindfold, and all he didn't know about his trade wasn't worth knowing.
The Chequers | James RuncimanThe steam-tug had not to contend with the ordinary straightforward rush of a North Sea storm.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneIs the Prince kept prisoner on a trawler sweeping the North Sea for mines?
British Dictionary definitions for North Sea
an arm of the Atlantic between Great Britain and the N European mainland. Area: about 569 800 sq km (220 000 sq miles): Former name: German Ocean
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Cultural definitions for North Sea
Arm of the Atlantic Ocean northwest of central Europe.
Notes for North Sea
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