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This page should have a list of current inland seas. Is there any referenceable listing of such? The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language describes Hudson Bay as an inland sea (but I don't know how authoritative the AHD is on hydrographical topics); the Hudson is much larger than the Caspian Sea, making it, I would assume, the largest in the world. - Jeff Worthington 14:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
The issue raised here has never been addressed. In fact this article contradicts the "Hudson Bay" article, which asserts that Hudson Bay "is relatively shallow and is considered an epicontinental sea," providing a link to this article. Ishboyfay ( talk) 05:06, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
It's my understanding that inland-sea-related transgressions & regressions involve relatively rapid changes in coastline, which in the last 15,000 years or so is entirely due to melting glaciers. The North Sea and the Japanese Inland Sea both have an average depth under 100m and were dry during the height of the last ice age, so they would qualify. Hudson Bay is a little deeper and was under ice anyway, so it might not quite fit the definition. Rskurat ( talk) 06:24, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I understand that a body must be composed of salt water to be considered a sea. Since the Great Lakes are (or would naturally be) fresh water, should they really be listed as examples of the phenomenon? 24.89.207.7 17:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
How do you consider Zealandia and the Mascarene Plateau to be inland seas? They're not marine incursions into continents' centers; they're flooding of almost entire continents! They don't seem to fit the definition. Do you have any references that list them in this category? Jeff Worthington 18:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
What about these bodies of water; Lake Chad (once an inland sea), the Salish Sea, the Inland Sea, the semi-enclosed Yatsushiro Sea and the ancient Tethys Ocean? Should they be listed? - Shiftchange ( talk) 04:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Lake Chad is the remnant of a large pluvial endorheic lake that accumulated only because of the climate at the time; the Great Salt Lake is a similar remnant of Lake Bonneville. They probably started out as fresh water lakes and only became saline as the water concentrated, but still they were enormous, much much bigger than anything now. If salinity is a requirement, as well as communication with the ocean, then the Great Salt Lake is "just" a lake, while the Visayas Sea in the Philippines would be an inland sea. The Sibuyan Sea immediately to its north (and with which it shares tides & currrents) however, looks like an inland sea, but is over a thousand feet deep and would never dry out. The distinctions between inland sea, estuary, and large continental lake might require an edict from a Professor of Geography. Rskurat ( talk) 07:04, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
The usage of Inland Sea is under discussion, see Talk:Inland Sea. 65.95.14.96 ( talk) 05:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
I've suggested that Epeiric sea be merged here, as both articles cover the same topic, and this title is the user-friendly one. (The other would remain as a redirect for our Greek-literate readers).-- Wetman ( talk) 18:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
There seem to be a grain of truth behind the idea of the “Great Australian Inland Sea”. Flash floods due to rain storms sometimes occur in the area in question. I have read that one such was captured on a satellite photo on the 6th of February 1974. Is this satellite photo found anywhere on the Net? If so, where?
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In the article on potassium mines it reads, most K comes from deep mines made up of potassium salt deposits. In potash, it reads: ""Most of the world reserves of potassium (K) were deposited as sea water in ancient inland oceans.", but where does it come from? Does it come from the sea plants capturing all that K or it is dissolved out of rocks into water? Thy, SvenAERTS ( talk) 04:08, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
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This page should have a list of current inland seas. Is there any referenceable listing of such? The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language describes Hudson Bay as an inland sea (but I don't know how authoritative the AHD is on hydrographical topics); the Hudson is much larger than the Caspian Sea, making it, I would assume, the largest in the world. - Jeff Worthington 14:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
The issue raised here has never been addressed. In fact this article contradicts the "Hudson Bay" article, which asserts that Hudson Bay "is relatively shallow and is considered an epicontinental sea," providing a link to this article. Ishboyfay ( talk) 05:06, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
It's my understanding that inland-sea-related transgressions & regressions involve relatively rapid changes in coastline, which in the last 15,000 years or so is entirely due to melting glaciers. The North Sea and the Japanese Inland Sea both have an average depth under 100m and were dry during the height of the last ice age, so they would qualify. Hudson Bay is a little deeper and was under ice anyway, so it might not quite fit the definition. Rskurat ( talk) 06:24, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
I understand that a body must be composed of salt water to be considered a sea. Since the Great Lakes are (or would naturally be) fresh water, should they really be listed as examples of the phenomenon? 24.89.207.7 17:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
How do you consider Zealandia and the Mascarene Plateau to be inland seas? They're not marine incursions into continents' centers; they're flooding of almost entire continents! They don't seem to fit the definition. Do you have any references that list them in this category? Jeff Worthington 18:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
What about these bodies of water; Lake Chad (once an inland sea), the Salish Sea, the Inland Sea, the semi-enclosed Yatsushiro Sea and the ancient Tethys Ocean? Should they be listed? - Shiftchange ( talk) 04:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Lake Chad is the remnant of a large pluvial endorheic lake that accumulated only because of the climate at the time; the Great Salt Lake is a similar remnant of Lake Bonneville. They probably started out as fresh water lakes and only became saline as the water concentrated, but still they were enormous, much much bigger than anything now. If salinity is a requirement, as well as communication with the ocean, then the Great Salt Lake is "just" a lake, while the Visayas Sea in the Philippines would be an inland sea. The Sibuyan Sea immediately to its north (and with which it shares tides & currrents) however, looks like an inland sea, but is over a thousand feet deep and would never dry out. The distinctions between inland sea, estuary, and large continental lake might require an edict from a Professor of Geography. Rskurat ( talk) 07:04, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
The usage of Inland Sea is under discussion, see Talk:Inland Sea. 65.95.14.96 ( talk) 05:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
I've suggested that Epeiric sea be merged here, as both articles cover the same topic, and this title is the user-friendly one. (The other would remain as a redirect for our Greek-literate readers).-- Wetman ( talk) 18:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
There seem to be a grain of truth behind the idea of the “Great Australian Inland Sea”. Flash floods due to rain storms sometimes occur in the area in question. I have read that one such was captured on a satellite photo on the 6th of February 1974. Is this satellite photo found anywhere on the Net? If so, where?
2015-01-03 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.158.174 ( talk) 20:11, 3 January 2015 (UTC)
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In the article on potassium mines it reads, most K comes from deep mines made up of potassium salt deposits. In potash, it reads: ""Most of the world reserves of potassium (K) were deposited as sea water in ancient inland oceans.", but where does it come from? Does it come from the sea plants capturing all that K or it is dissolved out of rocks into water? Thy, SvenAERTS ( talk) 04:08, 12 December 2022 (UTC)