East China Sea

Marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean
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East China Sea
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Summary

East China Sea is a marginal sea[1]. It draws 3,025 Wikipedia views per month (marginal sea category, ranking #11 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: People's Republic of China[3], Japan[4], Taiwan[5], South Korea[6]
  • Inflows: Jiao River[7], Min River[8], Ou River[9], Yangtze[10], Sendai River[11], Asato River[12], Genka River[13], Hija River[14], Jisso River[15], Kokuba River[16], Manose River[17], Oigawa River[18], Futenma River[19], 辺野喜川[20]
  • Basin country: People's Republic of China[21], Taiwan[22], South Korea[23], Japan[24]
  • Part of: Pacific Ocean[25], China Seas[26]
  • Commons category: East China Sea[27]
  • Topic's main category: Category:East China Sea[28]
  • Category for the water basin: Category:East China Sea Basin[29]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition[31], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[32]
  • Area: 1,249,000 km²[33], 750,000 km²[34]
  • Connects with: South China Sea[35], Sea of Japan[36], Yellow Sea[37]
  • Vertical depth: 2719 m[38]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[39]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the East China Sea[40]

Why It Matters

East China Sea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . eia.gov. eia.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved . britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 15w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2
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