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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 .
Firth – Scottish word used for various coastal inlets and straits; Fjard – Glacially formed, broad, shallow inlet; Fjord – Long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial activity; Geo – Inlet, a gully or a narrow and deep cleft in the face of a cliff; Gulf – Large inlet from the ocean into the landmass List of gulfs
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]
Gulf News, a daily English language newspaper published from Dubai; Gulf Oil, a major oil company from 1901 to 1985 Gulf Canada, a major Canadian oil company since 1906, a subsidiary of Gulf Oil; JWA Gulf, a Gulf Oil-sponsored motor racing team of John Wyer in the 1960s and 1970s; Gulf Power Company, an American investor-owned electric utility
This is a list of seas of the World Ocean, including marginal seas, areas of water, various gulfs, bights, bays, and straits. [2] In many cases it is a matter of tradition for a body of water to be named a sea or a bay, etc., therefore all these types are listed here.
As the super-continent Pangaea broke up along curved and indented fault lines, the continents moved apart and left large bays; these include the Gulf of Guinea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Bay of Bengal, which is the world's largest bay. [7] Bays also form through coastal erosion by rivers and glaciers. [7] A bay formed by a glacier is a fjord.
This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Gulf of Aden; Gulf of Aqaba; B. Gulf of Bahrain; K. Gulf of Khambhat; Gulf of Kutch; M. Gulf of Mannar; Gulf of Martaban; R.
The Gulf of Mexico is an excellent example of a passive margin. The continental shelf is quite wide at most points along the coast, notably at the Florida and Yucatán Peninsulas. The shelf is exploited for its oil through offshore drilling rigs, most of which are situated in the western gulf and the Bay of Campeche.