The term territorial waters is sometimes used informally to refer to any area of water over which a state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea (see below), the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone and potentially the continental shelf.
O termo "augas territoriais" ás veces úsase informalmente para referirse a calquera superficie de auga sobre a que un estado ten xurisdición, incluíndo as augas internas, a zona contigua, a zona económica exclusiva e potencialmente a plataforma continental.