The North Sea is a shallow sea adjacent to the northern Atlantic. The southern North Sea is divided into two parts: the Southern Bight and the German Bight. The mean depth of the southern North Sea is approx. 20–30 m. The recent shape of the North Sea is a result of fluvial and fluvio-glacial processes during and after the ice ages, Sindowski (1962), Streif (1982,2002), Behre (2007).
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Ahlhorn, F. (2009). Background Information – Nature and Society. In: Long-term Perspective in Coastal Zone Development. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01774-2_2
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