What does bay mean in geography?

Answer 1

• Tampa Bay
• Hudson Bay
• San Francisco Bay
• Chesapeake Bay
• Bay of Bengal
• Bay of Campeche

A bay is a arm of an ocean or sea, partly surrounded by land.

Answer 2

Bay refers to the color of the horse. It ranges from reddish shades 'blood bay' to sandy to mahogany. The distinguishing characteristic of a Bay is the mane, tail and sometimes lower legs are black and ear tips are edged with black.

Bays are horses or ponies that have a brown coat/body and a black mane, and tail. Sometimes the horse will have back lower legs and black ear tips. You can get bright shades of bay and dark shades of bay (like my horse Monty!!)

Answer 3

In geography, a bay is a body of water partially enclosed by land but with a wide mouth opening to the sea. Bays are usually smaller than gulfs and can offer shelter for ships from strong winds and waves. They are common features on Coastlines worldwide.

Answer 4

A bay is formed when water pushes its way in towards land.

Answer 5

a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward

Answer 6

A bay is a partly enclosed body of water with an opening to the sea.

Answer 7

In geographic terms a bay is a wide inlet in a sea.

Answer 8

A bay is almost surrounded by water