Yellow Sea

Yellow Sea, or WHANG-HAI, an important inlet of the Pacific Ocean, washes the north part of the east coast of China, and lies between the Chinese provinces of Shan-tung and Chiang-su on the one hand and Corea on the other; it terminates on the north-west in the Gulf of Pe-chi-li, and opens out in the south-east into the Tung-hai, or Eastern Sea. By degrees it is becoming shallower owing to the quantity of alluvium borne down into it by the rivers Hoang-ho (q.v.) and Yang-tsze (q.v.).