Bible Encyclopedias

Aral, the Sea of
a lake in turkestan, 265 m. long and 145 broad, larger than the irish sea, 150 m. e. of the caspian; has no outlet, shallow, and is said to be drying up.

Azov, Sea of
an opening from the black sea, very shallow, and gradually silting up with mud from the don.

Baltic Sea
An inland sea in the N. of Europe, 900 m. long and from 100 to 200 m. broad, about the size of England and Wales; comparatively shallow; has no tides;

Black Sea
Or n inland sea, lying between Europe and Asia, twice the size of Britain, being 700 m. in greatest length and 400 m. in greatest breadth; communicates

Bride of the Sea
venice, so called from a ceremony in which her espousals were celebrated by the doge casting a ring into the adriatic.

Caribbean Sea
an inland sea of the atlantic, lying between the great antilles and south america, subject to hurricanes; it corresponds to the mediterranean in europe, and is the turning-point of the gulf stream.

Caspian Sea
An inland sea, partly in Europe and partly in Asia, the largest in the world, being 600 m. from N. to S. and from 270 to 130 m. in breadth, with the

Dead Sea
Called also the Salt Sea and 'the Asphalt Lake, a sea in Palestine, formed by the waters of the Jordan, 46 m. long, 10 m. broad, and in some parts 1300

Erythrean Sea
a name of the red sea.

Galilee, Sea of
an expansion of the jordan, 12½ m. long, and at the most 8 m. broad, enclosed by steep mountains, except on nw.

Kara Sea
a portion of the arctic sea, on the ne. corner of russia, between nova zembla and the yalmal; receives the rivers obi and yenisei, and is navigable from july to september.

Marmora, Sea of
175 m. long and 50 broad, lies between europe and asia minor, opening into the ægean through the dardanelles and into the baltic through the bosphorus; the gulf of ismid indents the eastern coasts; marmora, the largest island, has marble and alabaster quarries.

Mediterranean Sea
So called by the ancients as lying in the presumed middle of the earth surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa; the largest enclosed sea in the world;

North Sea
etween the e. coast of britain and the continent, spreads out into the arctic ocean, is shallow, is crossed by many sandbanks, and is subject to frequent violent storms; the dogger bank, between england and denmark, 8 to 16 fathoms deep, is rich in fish, especially cod.

Okhotsk, Sea of
an immense sheet of water in eastern siberia, lying between the peninsula of kamchatka and the mainland, with the kurile islands stretched across its mouth; is scarcely navigable, being infested by fogs.

Old Man of the Sea
a monster sindbad the sailor encountered on his fifth voyage, who fastened on his back and so clung to him that he could not shake him off till he made him drunk.

Red Sea
An arm of the Arabian Sea, and stretching in a NW. direction between the desolate sandy shores of Turkey in Asia and Africa; is connected with the Gulf

Sea-Serpent
A marine monster of serpent-like shape whose existence is still a matter of question, although several seemingly authentic accounts have been circulated

South Sea Bubble
The name given to the disastrous financial project set on foot by Harley (q. v .) to relieve the national debt and restore public credit, which produced

Tasman Sea
the sea lying between the new zealand group and the islands of australia and tasmania.

Tyrrhenian Sea
an arm of the mediterranean, stretching between corsica, sardinia, and sicily on the w., and italy on the e.

White Sea
A large inlet of the Arctic Ocean, in the N. of Russia, which is entered by a long channel and branches inward into three bays; it is of little service

Yellow Sea
or n inlet of the pacific, on the ne. coast of china, bounded on the e. by the corea, including in the nw. the gulf of pechili, some 600 m. long, and its average breadth 300 m.; is very shallow, and gradually silting up owing to the quantity of alluvium brought down by the rivers which fall into it.

Æge`an Sea
the archipelago.