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Some of the largest bays in the world are:

1) Bay of Bengal: area: 2,172,000 sq km; shoreline roughly 10,000 km; depth: 4,694 m max, 2,600 m avg
2)Hudson's Bay: area: 1,230,000 sq km; shoreline 12,628 km; depth: 100 m avg
3) Baffin Bay, Canada: area 689,000 sq km;
4) James Bay, Canada: area 110,000 sq km
5) Chesapeake Bay, USA: area 11,601 sq km; shoreline 320 km; Estuary drainage basin covers 166,534 sq km
6) Bay of Fundy, Canada: area 9,300 sq km
7) Port Phillip Bay, Australia: area 1,930 sq km; shoreline 264 km
8) San Francisco Bay, USA: area between 1,036 to 4,144 sq km
9) Banderas Bay: area approx 1,600 sq km; shoreline 60 km; max depth 900 m
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