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Inland sea

This page should have a list of current inland seas. Is there any referenceable listing of such? The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language describes Hudson Bay as an inland sea (but I don't know how authoritative the AHD is on hydrographical topics); the Hudson is much larger than the Caspian Sea, making it, I would assume, the largest in the world. - Jeff Worthington 14:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Definition of a Sea?

I understand that a body must be composed of salt water to be considered a sea. Since the Great Lakes are (or would naturally be) fresh water, should they really be listed as examples of the phenomenon? 24.89.207.7 17:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, they are the relics of glacial lakes, not of marine incursion. --Wetman 23:01, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

So, given the fact that the Great Lakes are listed in this article currently as examples, would it be appropriate to remove them? 24.89.207.7 22:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, they've been deleted now. All in agreement? --Wetman 20:15, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How do you consider Zealandia and the Mascarene Plateau to be inland seas? They're not marine incursions into continents' centers; they're flooding of almost entire continents! They don't seem to fit the definition. Do you have any references that list them in this category? Jeff Worthington 18:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good point, Jeff Worthington; they're in a footnote now. Better? --Wetman 20:15, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, Wetman (great name for this topic, BTW), thanks. Jeff Worthington 16:37, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Other examples?

What about these bodies of water; Lake Chad (once an inland sea), the Salish Sea, the Inland Sea, the semi-enclosed Yatsushiro Sea and the ancient Tethys Ocean? Should they be listed? - Shiftchange (talk) 04:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Tethys Ocean was not an inland sea, but an open ocean (well, a succession of at least two oceans). Associated epeiric seas such as the so-called Tethys Seaway covering parts of Eurasia would seem to qualify, however. Orcoteuthis (talk) 18:54, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Inland Sea

The usage of Inland Sea is under discussion, see Talk:Inland Sea. 65.95.14.96 (talk) 05:34, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion now includes the possibility of this page's title (Inland sea) being used for a disambiguation page, with this article moving to Inland sea (geology) to make way. This is not a formal move request (yet), but one is not unlikely. Your views would be very welcome. Thryduulf (talk) 08:49, 25 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I moved this page to "Inland sea (geology)" because maintaining separate pages named "Inland sea" and "Inland Sea" struck me as unnecessarily confusing. Kauffner (talk) 06:01, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge from Epeiric sea

I've suggested that Epeiric sea be merged here, as both articles cover the same topic, and this title is the user-friendly one. (The other would remain as a redirect for our Greek-literate readers).--Wetman (talk) 18:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think the two are different. Inland sea being a sea in the 'centre' of a continent while Epeiric seas (such as the north sea) are not really 'inland' though they do cover the margin of a continent - basically it looks the merge would mean that any sea which is entirely continental shelf - would be an 'inland sea' - what's the definition of sea as opposed to ocean, are all seas "epeiric" unless they are "inland" ? I think the Sea article needs a clarification what defines it as a sea rather than an ocean- the Borders_of_the_oceans article says this "Geologically, an ocean is an area of oceanic crust covered by water" and seems to cover most of the questions very well. It lists there being 3 oceans it calls several 'seas' salt lakes, I guess they might be 'inland seas' ? EdwardLane (talk) 09:29, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. Geologically an epeiric sea is an inland sea. The articles aren't about oceans, but areas of continental crust covered by sea water whether having a direct connection to an ocean or not. They arise either thru sea level fluctuations or tectonic uplift or subsidence. Vsmith (talk) 14:26, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vsmith, Doesn't that definition (based on the overview in Borders_of_the_oceans) mean all 'seas' are 'inland/epeiric' apart from the mediteranean, caspian and black? - so shouldn't it all merge into the 'sea' article? EdwardLane (talk) 11:14, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Origin of the Australian misconception

There seem to be a grain of truth behind the idea of the “Great Australian Inland Sea”. Flash floods due to rain storms sometimes occur in the area in question. I have read that one such was captured on a satellite photo on the 6th of February 1974. Is this satellite photo found anywhere on the Net? If so, where?

2015-01-03 Lena Synnerholm, Märsta, Sweden.