The Seto Inland Sea(瀬戸内海,Seto Naikai), often shortened to Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway, connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka Bay and provides a sea transport link to industrial centers in the Kansai region, including Osaka and Kobe. Before the construction of the Sanyō Main Line, it was the main transportation link between Kansai and Kyūshū.
The Inland Sea region is known for its moderate climate, with a stable year-round temperature and relatively low rainfall levels. The sea is also famous for its periodic red tides(赤潮,akashio) caused by dense groupings of certain phytoplankton that result in the death of large numbers of fish.
An inland sea (also known as an epeiric sea or an epicontinental sea) is a shallow sea that covers central areas of continents during periods of high sea level that result in marine transgressions. In modern times, continents stand high, eustatic sea levels are low, and there are few inland seas, none larger than the Caspian Sea. Modern examples might also include the recently (less than 10,000 years ago) reflooded Persian Gulf, and the South China Sea that presently covers the Sunda Shelf.
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At various times in the geologic past, inland seas have been greater in extent and more common than at present.
At the same time, much of the low plains of modern-day northern France and northern Germany were inundated by an inland sea, where the chalk was deposited that gave the Cretaceous Period its name.
The Amazon, originally emptying into the Pacific, as South America rifted from Africa, found its exit blocked by the rise of the Andes about 15 million years ago. A great inland sea developed, at times draining north through what is now Venezuela before finding its present eastward outlet into the South Atlantic. Gradually this inland sea became a vast freshwater lake and wetlands where sediment flattened its profiles and the marine inhabitants adapted to life in freshwater. Over 20 species of stingray, most closely related to those found in the Pacific Ocean, can be found today in the freshwaters of the Amazon, which is also home to a freshwater dolphin. In 2005 fossilized remains of a giant crocodilian, estimated to have been 46ft (14m) in length, were discovered in the northern rainforest of Amazonian Peru.
KANONJI, Kagawa Prefecture--Facing the Seto Inland Sea, this city is famous for Jinnein and Kannonji, the 68th and 69th temples of the 88 Shikoku pilgrimage route ... Inland Sea and sprawling urban areas.
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IMABARI, Ehime Prefecture--The Seto Inland Sea boasts a dream landscape dotted with numerous islands. But the best view is available only to those who aren't scared of heights. Catering to such desires, Honshu-Shikoku BridgeExpressway Co ... 28 to Dec. 8 ... .
IMABARI, Ehime Prefecture--On a recent summer day, a man was welding at a shipbuilding factory here among other workers, sending sparks flying into the air ... In 2018, an inmate escaped from the Oi Shipyard and swam across the Seto Inland Sea ... .
NAOSHIMA, Kagawa Prefecture--Admission fees will be raised at 11 modern art facilities run as part of the Benesse ArtSiteNaoshima project on three islands in the Seto Inland Sea from Oct. 1, operators said ... .
Expansive views of the Seto Inland Sea and dreamy sunsets are a big part of the island’s popularity, as is its easy access from the Keihanshin metropolis consisting of Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe.
TADOTSU, Kagawa Prefecture--Cats, cats ... and more cats ... Sanagijima, a 50-minute ferry ride from TadotsuPort in Kagawa Prefecture, is one of several islands in the Seto Inland Sea known as “cat islands.”.
So what do we know about these two ancient victims?. Advertisement ... 24. Around3,000 years ago, sometime between 1370 and 1010 BCE, a man was fishing in the waters of the Seto Inland Sea of the Japanese archipelago when he was attacked by a large shark.
Said to be one of the most spectacular cycling journeys in the world, the Shimanami Kaido route stretches for 70km (43 miles) across islands in Japan's Seto Inland Sea - with the immense 2.5-mile- ...
ShodoshimaOlivePark on the Seto Inland Sea’s second-largest island is home to a re-creation of the fictional Guchokipanya (“rock-scissors-paper”) Bakery ... One huge draw is the photoshoot potential ... .
The aquarium has two floors divided into 15 areas where visitors can see the interesting aquatic creatures that inhabit the Seto Inland Sea, the water body separating Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, three of Japan’s four main islands.
