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have been referred to as resembling or having characteristics like inland seas from a USGS management perspective.

Modern examples might also include the recently (less than 10,000 years ago) reflooded Persian Gulf, and the South China Sea that presently covers the Sunda Shelf.

Former epicontinental seas in Earth's history

At various times in the geologic past, inland seas covered central areas of continents

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