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A sea generally refers to a large body of salt water, but the term is used in other contexts as well. Most commonly, the term refers to a large expanse of saline water connected with an ocean, and is commonly used as a synonym for ocean.http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea It is also used sometimes to describe a large saline lake that lacks a natural outlet, such as the Caspian Sea.

List of seas

Black Sea

Marmara Sea

Wadden Sea

Barents Sea

Kara Strait

Prince Gustav Adolf Sea

White Sea

Great Australian Bight

Scotia Sea

Weddell Sea

Red Sea

Timor Sea

Bohol Sea (also known as the Mindanao Sea)

Ceram Sea

Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortés)

Yellow Sea

Large/significant lakes, many of which are called "sea".

Lake Chilwa

Great Lakes of Africa

Great Lakes of North America

Namtso

Salton Sea

Lake Van

Bodies of water and their sizes

Rank	Body of water	Square miles (square kilometres)
1	Pacific Ocean
2	Atlantic Ocean	\| align="right"
3	Indian Ocean	\| align="right"
4	Southern Ocean	\| align="right"
5	Arctic Ocean	\| align="right"
6	Arabian Sea	\| align="right"
7	South China Sea	\| align="right"
8	Caribbean Sea	\| align="right"
9	Mediterranean Sea	\| align="right"
10	Bering Sea	\| align="right"
11	Bay of Bengal	\| align="right"
12	Gulf of Mexico	\| align="right"
13	Sea of Okhotsk	\| align="right"
14	Sea of Japan	\| align="right"
15	Hudson Bay	\| align="right"
16	East China Sea	\| align="right"
17	Andaman Sea	\| align="right"
18	Red Sea	\| align="right"
19	Black Sea	\| align="right"
20	North Sea	\| align="right"
21	Baltic Sea	\| align="right"
22	Yellow Sea	\| align="right"
23	Persian Gulf	\| align="right"
24	Adriatic Sea	\| align="right"
25	Gulf of California	\| align="right"

Nomenclature

The Sea of Galilee is a small freshwater lake with a natural outlet, which is called Lake Tiberias or Lake Kinneret on modern Israeli maps, but its original name remains in use.

The Sea of Cortés is more commonly known as the Gulf of California.

The Persian Gulf is a sea.

The Dead Sea is actually a lake, as is the Caspian Sea and the mainly dried up Aral Sea.

Science

The term "sea" has also been used in quantum physics. Dirac sea is an interpretation of positron emission states that comprises the vacuum.

List of seas

Bodies of water and their sizes

Nomenclature

Science

See also

Notes

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