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A gulf in geography is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea. Not all geological features which could be considered a gulf have "Gulf" in the name, for example the Bay of Bengal or Arabian Sea .
Gulf states may refer to: Member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council : Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Arab states of the Persian Gulf
Gulf of Tunis in Tunisia Map of the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. A gulf is a large inlet from an ocean into a landmass, typically (though not always) with a narrower opening than a bay. The term was used traditionally for large, highly indented navigable bodies of salt water that are enclosed by the coastline. [1]
The Arab states of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Arab Gulf states (Arabic: دول الخليج العربي), [1] refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
The capture of Baghdad by the Ottoman Empire in 1534 gave Turkey access to the Indian Ocean via the port of Basra at the head of the Persian Gulf. This coincided with the early mapmaking efforts of Gerard Mercator, whose 1541 terrestrial globe attempts to give the most up-to-date information, naming the gulf Sinus Persicus, nunc Mare de Balsera ("Persian Gulf, now Sea of Basra"). [14]
The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population. Table. Rank Country (or dependent territory) 2020 projection [1] % of pop.
[18] [19] [20] Arab governments refer to it as the Arabian Gulf or The Gulf, [21] and other countries and organizations [specify] have begun using Arabian Gulf. [22] The name Gulf of Iran (Persian Gulf) is used by the International Hydrographic Organization. [23] The dispute in naming has become especially prevalent since the 1960s. [24]
The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] [4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the ...