Yellow Sea

• A US F-16 jet on a training mission crashed into waters of Yellow Sea.

ABOUT YELLOW SEA

• It is located in the western Pacific Ocean.
• It is situated between mainland China to the west and north, the Korean Peninsula to the east, and the Shandong Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula to the south.
• Hai River, the Yalu River, the Han River, the Taedong River, and the Yellow River drain into the sea.
• Its name is descriptive of the golden-yellow colour of the silt-laden water discharged from major rivers, sourced from yellowish sand particles originating from the Gobi Desert.