Kara Sea
marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean north of Russia and east of Novaya Zemlya
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Summary
Kara Sea is a sea[1]. It draws 3,255 Wikipedia views per month (sea category, ranking #21 of 101).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russia[3]
- Named after: Kara[4]
- Inflows: Messoyakha[5], Antipayotayakha[6], Mongocheyakha[7], Yuribey[8], Gyda[9], Mordyyakha[10], Khutudabiga River[11], Lyakkatosyo[12], Grishina Shara[13], Zeledeyeva River[14], Uboynaya River[15], Kazakov River[16], Kolodkin River[17], Kumzha[18]
- Basin country: Russia[19]
- Part of: Arctic Ocean[20]
- Commons category: Kara Sea[21]
- Has part(s): Gulf of Ob[22], Gydanskaya Bay[23], Baydaratskaya Bay[24]
- Located in/on physical feature: Arctic Ocean[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kara Sea[26]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Drainage basins of the Kara Sea[27]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[30], Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[34]
- Native label: Ка́рское мо́ре[35]
- Width: 970 km[36]
- Vertical depth: 620 m[37]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[38]
Why It Matters
Kara Sea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]