Definition

Noun: - Territorial waters: The area of sea adjacent to a country's coast, over which that country exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction, typically extending up to 12 nautical miles from the baseline.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Lãnh hải của Việt Nam được xác định theo Công ước Liên Hợp Quốc về Luật Biển. (Vietnam's territorial waters are defined according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.)
  • Tàu thuyền nước ngoài được quyền đi qua không gây hại trong lãnh hải. (Foreign vessels have the right of innocent passage through territorial waters.)
  • Việc bảo vệ chủ quyền lãnh hải là nhiệm vụ quan trọng. (Protecting the sovereignty of territorial waters is an important task.)

Advanced Usage

• "Vùng nước lãnh hải": A more formal or explicit term for "territorial sea waters."
  • Các hoạt động nghiên cứu trong vùng nước lãnh hải cần được sự cho phép. (Research activities within the territorial sea waters require permission.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vùng đặc quyền kinh tế (Exclusive Economic Zone - EEZ): An area beyond the territorial sea, extending up to 200 nautical miles, where a state has special rights regarding marine resources.
• Thềm lục địa (Continental shelf): The seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond territorial waters.
• Nội thủy (Internal waters): Waters on the landward side of the baseline of territorial waters, such as ports, rivers, and lakes, which are under full state sovereignty.

Synonyms

• Hải phận: (Literally: sea domain/division) A less common, more literary synonym for territorial waters.
• Vùng biển thuộc chủ quyền: (Sovereign sea area) A descriptive phrase meaning sea area under sovereignty.

Related Phrases

• Đường cơ sở (Baseline): The line from which the breadth of territorial waters is measured.
• Đi qua không gây hại (Innocent passage): The right of foreign ships to pass through territorial waters under specific conditions.
• Chủ quyền biển đảo (Maritime and island sovereignty): Sovereignty over seas and islands.

noun

1. sea (water) - territories