Sea
South China Sea
The 4th largest of the 43 seas measured in this atlas.
surface area 3,500,000 km² · 4th/43
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement
- Surface area
- 3,500,000 km²
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Maximum depth
- 5,559 m
- Measurement held by Wikidata (CC0), converted to the atlas unit. Where Wikidata carries several values that differ by more than 2%, the atlas shows none rather than picking one.
- Coastal countries
- 9 countries
- Sea limits follow Natural Earth's cartographic outlines. A coast is counted where a land border runs within about 2 km of the outline for at least 10 km. Neighboring seas drawn separately (for example the Aegean within the Mediterranean) are not included.
- Wikidata
- Q37660
Among the world's seas
Each line is every one of the seas in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.
- Surface area3,500,000 km²4th of 43 · median 470,000 km²
- Maximum depth5,559 m11th of 50 · median 2,970 m