🔆Yellow Sea:

✅Also referred to in China as Huang Hai and in North and South Korea as the West Sea, Yellow Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.
✅It is positioned to the north of the East China Sea.

✅It is bordered by mainland China in the north and west and by North Korea and South Korea in the east.

✅The sea was named for the yellowish sand particles originating from the Gobi Desert that descend on the surface of the sea, thereby giving it a golden yellow color.

✅It measures about 960 km from north to south and some 700 km from its east to west.

✅The sea is one of the world’s largest portions of continental shelf submerged in water.
✅Climate: It is characterized by very cold, dry winters and wet, warm summers.
✅Major rivers discharging directly into the Yellow Sea include the Han, Yangtze, Datung, Yalu, Guang, and Sheyang.

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CLOUD BURST

WHAT CAUSES CLOUDBURSTS?
Cloudbursts occur only via orographic lift, i.e.,
a situation when a warm air parcel mixes with cooler air,
resulting in sudden condensation.

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