Inland Sea

noun

1. a sea in SW Japan, enclosed by the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. 240 miles (385 km) long.

Inland Sea

noun

1. a sea in SW Japan, between the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu Japanese nameSeto Naikai

Example Sentences

During the late Cretaceous, the continent was split in half by an inland sea.

From New York Times

They take the total number of monotreme species known to have once lived at Lightning Ridge - which was in ancient times a cold, wet forest bordering a vast inland sea - to six.

From BBC

Now, a century after the aqueduct tapped its inflows of snowmelt from the Owens River and Cottonwood Creek, those massive storms — and a parade of others that followed — have transformed much of the playa into a vividly unfamiliar inland sea bound by jagged snow-capped Sierra peaks, rust-streaked hills and piles of sharp-edged lava.

From Los Angeles Times

It was goodbye to San Francisco’s Baker Beach, hello to the Nevada playa, the long-ago floor of an inland sea.

From Washington Times

It was goodbye to San Francisco’s Baker Beach, hello to the Nevada playa, the long-ago floor of an inland sea.

From Seattle Times

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