The Yellow Sea, occasionally called "West Sea" in Korea, is the northern part of the East China Sea, which in turn is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the Chinese provinces of Shangtung and Keang-su and on the east by the peninsula of Korea and by Japan. It is more than 950 km in length and about 650 in average breadth. Its waters are shallow and are gradually becoming still shallower, owing to the deposits of earth borne down into it by Hoang-ho and Yang-tse-Kiang Rivers. Its name comes from the sand particles that color its water, originating from the Yellow River.
The innermost bay of the Yellow Sea is called Bohai Sea (previously Pechihli Bay or Chihli Bay). Into it flows both the Yellow River.
Korea Bay, between the Chinese Liaoning province and northwestern North Korea is also part of the Yellow Sea.
Bohai Sea and Korea Bay are separated by Liaodong Peninsula, with Dalian at its southernmost point.
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