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A gulf is bigger than a bay.
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Is Tampa Bay larger than San Francisco bay?
No. SF is larger according to wikipedia. I had the same question. I live in the Tampa Bay area and recently visited San Francisco and the bay seemed larger. San Francisco Bay is 1,040 to 4,160 square kilometers), depending on which sub-bays you include. Tampa Bay is 1031 square kilometers.
What is a sound in geography?
A seaway larger than a bay! also can be an inlet containing islands.
What is the difference be tween a bay and a peninsula?
a bay is similar to a gulf. a peninsula is an outcropping of land in the water
What bay is to the west of the Yucatan Peninsula?
The Bay of Campeche, which is part of the larger Gulf of Mexico, is located west of the Yucatan Peninsula. It touches the Mexican states of Veracruz, Tabasco and Campeche, and is the area where most of Mexico's oil fields -- and its corresponding offshore platforms -- are located.
Is matagorda bay lies east of the Mississippi river?
No, Matagorda Bay is located in Texas on the Gulf Coast, while the Mississippi River flows through the central United States, eventually emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. Matagorda Bay is to the west of the Mississippi River.
Is a a bay larger than a gulf?
A gulf is bigger than a 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 larger than a gulf?
a gulf (Think of the Gulf of Mexico.)
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.
What is a bay or gulf?
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.
What is a gulf landform?
A gulf is larger than a bay. It is a part of the sea or ocean that is partially surrounded by land.
What is a body of water larger than a bay that reaches into the land?
A body of water larger than a bay is a gulf. They usually reach into the land and are salt water.
What is the name of a large area of sea that is partially enclosed and is larger than a bay?
a gulf *example: the Gulf of Mexico
What is the name of this 'indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf' where the rescue of a famous explorer happened?
The indentation of a shoreline that is larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf is called a bay. The famous explorer that was rescued in a bay was Ernest Shackleton.
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 is a part of the sea ocean extending into the land usually larger than a bay?
Gulf
Define the term bay?
A body of water that extends into the land.
