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What is the name of the part of the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and the European continent?
North Sea
North Sea, shallow, northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the British Isles and the mainland of northwestern Europe and covering an area of 220,000 square miles (570,000 square km).
What body of water separates the United States from Spain?
Strait of Gibraltar, Atlantic Ocean/Mediterranean Sea. The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow waterway separating the Atlantic Ocean (bottom left) from the Mediterranean Sea (top right).
What’s the name of the river in London?
River Thames
River Thames, ancient Tamesis or Tamesa, also called (in Oxford, England) River Isis, chief river of southern England. Rising in the Cotswold Hills, its basin covers an area of approximately 5,500 square miles (14,250 square km).
Where the North Sea meets the Atlantic?
The North Sea connects to the Atlantic Ocean via the English Channel in the southwest and the Baltic Sea in the east via the Kattegat and Skagerrak straits. The two narrow straits Denmark from Sweden and Norway respectively.
What is the name of the body of water between England and France?
The correct answer is D. the English Channel, which is the body of water separating Normandy in northern France and England. It is connected to the Atlantic ocean however.
Where does the North Sea connect to the English Channel?
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively.
What are the major rivers that flow into the North Sea?
A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North Sea, including water from the Baltic Sea. The largest and most important rivers flowing into the North Sea are the Elbe and the Rhine – Meuse.
What was the name of the German sea before the North Sea?
Before the adoption of “North Sea,” the names used in English were “German Sea” or “German Ocean”, referred to the Latin names “Mare Gemanicum” and “Oceanus Germanicus”, and these persisted in use until the First World War.