The South China Sea is located in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. It covers the territory from the Strait of Malacca and Singapore to the island of Taiwan. The length of the sea is 3300 kilometers, the maximum width is 1600 kilometers, the greatest depth reaches 5500 meters. It has many islets, atolls and coral reefs.
The South China Sea is located in two climatic zones: equatorial and subequatorial. In winter, mainly northeast winds blow, and in summer - southwest. It is thanks to them that the resort towns of Mui Ne and Phan Thiet annually attract windsurfers, parasailers, and kite surfers from all over the world. The water temperature ranges from +20 to +27 degrees in summer. Closer to autumn, the China Sea warms up to +29 degrees. Typhoons often occur in summer.
The borders of many states go to the sea: Philippines, Malaysia, China, Taiwan, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia. A large number of trade routes pass through the sea. All this makes the South China Sea very busy. In addition, it is veryrich in biological and mineral resources, because of which territorial conflicts often flare up between coastal states. This is especially true of discovered large oil reserves.
The South China Sea annually attracts thousands of tourists to its shores. Magnificent beaches will be presented to you by the fabulous island of Koh Samui, in the city of Pattaya an unforgettable nightlife awaits you. Vietnam also has a number of resort towns. For example, Nha Chag, Phan Thiet, Da Nang. All of them have a developed infrastructure and many travel agencies. Thanks to good funding, exotic Chinese resorts located on the island of Hainan are gaining more and more popularity every year. One of the most amazing places in the South China Sea is Singapore. Its area is only 720 km². Despite this, today it is one of the most economically developed countries in Asia with a high standard of living.
Between the islands of Kyushu and Ryukyu and the east coast of China lies the East China Sea. It has a semi-closed shape. Its total area is 836 thousand km². The greatest depth of the sea is 2719 meters. The water temperature in summer rises to +28 degrees. Daily tides reach an average of 7.5 kilometers. Fishing is constantly carried out in the sea: the extraction of sardines, herring, as well as crabs, lobsters, trepangs and seaweed.
Navigation is poor in the East China Sea. Most of the means of navigation are closer to ports, on capes, on the shores of seatides. Earthquakes often occur here, which change the seabed. Their result is the appearance of longitudinal and transverse waves that crush everything in their path. Tsunamis often occur here, bringing down their destructive power on land. As a rule, local tsunamis consist of a series of waves. Usually their number ranges from three to nine. They spread over land at speeds up to 300 km / h with an interval of 10-30 minutes. The wave height reaches 5 meters, the maximum length is 100 kilometers.
