Physical-Geographic Features of Some Gulfs and Bays*, Table

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names of gulfs surface volume length in width in depth in tidal surface surface river

and bays area (millions of cubic kilometres) kilometres kilometres metres range in water salinity runoff

(millions of cubic kilometres) metres temperature (parts per

max. mouth max. mean sill (Celsius) thousand)

max. min. max. min.

A1 Group

Gulf of Alaska 1.327 3.226 325 1,650 1,650 5,659 2,431 none 12.0** 12 <0 33 32 small

Bay of Bengal 2.172 5.616 1,850 1,720 1,720 5,258 2,586 none 10.7 27 25 34 18 large

Bay of Biscay 0.194 0.332 400 500 500 5,120 1,715 none 6.7 20 5 35.5 34 medium

Gulf of Guinea 1.533 4.592 540 1,900 1,900 6,363 2,996 none 2.7 27 25 35 31 large

A2 Group

Baffin Bay 0.689 0.593 >1,000 600 340*** >2,300 861 466*** 4.2 5 <0 33.5 30 none

Gulf of Mexico 1.543 2.332 1,330 1,780 445 4,029 1,512 800 1.7 29 17 36.7 33 large

A3 Group

Gulf of Aden . . . . . . 900 335 335 3,328 . . . none 2.9 >30 25 36.5 36 none

Gulf of California 0.177 0.132 1,200 200 200 3,660 813 none 5.2**** 30 16 35.5 35 medium

Gulf of Oman . . . . . . 450 330 325 3,474 . . . none 3.5 32 22 38 37 none

B Group

Bay of Fundy . . . . . . 300***** 100 100 214 75 none 18.0 17 2 32 30 medium

Hudson Bay 0.819 0.092 1,560 1,140 190 274 112 none 7.9 14 <0 28.5 23 large

Río de la Plata . . . . . . 220 95 95 10 5-7 6 1.0 21 11 33 20 large

Gulf of St. Lawrence 0.238 0.030 ****** ****** ****** 530 127 none 5.9 20 -1.8 32 26 large

C1 Group

Gulf of Aqaba . . . . . . 180 28 6 1,828 . . . 462 0.7 26 24 42 41 none

Sirt Gulf . . . . . . 200 450 450 1,627 . . . none 0.3 27 14 38 38 none

C2 Group

Anadyrsky Gulf . . . . . . 350 460 460 110 60-70 none 3.0 10 <0 30 28 medium

Persian Gulf 0.241 0.010 1,000 350 56 170 40 71 4.7 33 15 60 30 small

Gulf of Suez . . . . . . 325 58 58 82 40-60 none 1.8 28 23 43 41 none

Shelikhova Gulf . . . . . . 750 300 190 495 100-150 none 12.9 14 <0 33 31 small

Gulf of Thailand . . . . . . 830 550 370 83 45.5 58 0.8 31 27 32.5 30.5 large

D Group

Gulf of Bothnia 0.117 . . . 668 240 155 294 21 none 0.6 14 0 5.5 1 medium

Po Hai 0.0827 0.0017 480 285 105 38 15-20 none 4.4 28 <0 31 22 large

Gulf of Carpentaria 0.4116 . . . 675 650 530 70 40-50 none 3.6 29 23 35.5 35 small

Mezenskaya Bay . . . . . . 105 97 97 31 10-20 none 10.0 16 <0 32 15 large

Obskaya Bay . . . . . . 800 90 60 18 10-12 7 0.7 14 0 15 1 large

Gulf of Finland 0.030 . . . 420 125 70 110 50-60 86 0.1 17 0 5 2 medium

*Data in this table may differ from those given elsewhere in set for some features because of differing definitions of geographic limits of each feature.

**Cook Inlet's head. ***Davis Strait. ****Up to 10 metres at the Colorado River mouth. *****Up to the Minas Bay head. ******Not given because of the

complicated outlines.

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