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A bay is a shallow, often in an arc, indent in the coastline; bigger than a cove but smaller than a gulf. A gulf is much larger and digs into the coastline further than a bay forming an arm of the sea. As by example of the Gulf of Mexico, the Persian Gulf.
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Is a a bay larger than a gulf?
A gulf is bigger than a bay.
Is A bay is larger than a gulf.?
A gulf is bigger than a bay.
What are the names of the gulfs near the US?
Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Alaska, and Gulf of California assawomen bay fishing bay green bay
How is a gulf different from a sea or a bay?
A bay is smaller than a gulf and a sea is larger than a gulf
Is a bay bigger than a gulf?
A gulf is considered bigger than a bay. There are exceptions, such as the Bay of Bengal being larger than the Gulf of Mexico.
Is a bay smaller than a gulf?
Yes a Bay is much smaller than a Gulf.
What is the difference from a gulf and a bay?
a bay: inclosed on 3 sides a gulf: nclosed on 2 sides
Why is Hudson Bay not called a gulf instead?
One of the differences between a bay and a gulf is that a bay has an inward land curve. The Hudson Bay has an inward curve.
What is a part of an ocean or sea extending into land?
A gulf. The word is derived from the Old French word "golfe" and the Greek word "kolpos" meaning "bosom, gulf."
What was the name of the bay that north Vietnam attacked US Navy Ships?
Not a bay; a gulf...the Gulf of Tonkin.
Is a bay larger than a gulf?
a gulf (Think of the Gulf of Mexico.)
What is a similarity between gulf and bay?
A gulf and a bay are both arms of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land.
