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directlyconnectedtothelargewaterbodyiUsually,theboundaryofthe
bayfromthesideofopenwatersisalinerunningbetweenitsfarthest
capesiBayisagoodplaceforfishingandalsohelpinseatradeiSumma-
rizing,thebayissemicircular,anditisenclosedbylandfromthree
sidesonly(Figure9)iTheBayofBengalistheworld’slargestbayiOther
examplesofbaysaretheHudsonBay,theBayofBiscay,theBayof
Fundy,etciIntheBalticSeawecanidentify,forexample,theBayof
Pomerania,theBayofMecklenburg,theBayofKieli
•Gulf-likeabay,itispartoftheseaortheocean,abodyofwater,whose
maximumpartissurroundedbythelandandhasasmallnarrowopen-
ingiThegulfisalsocalledasalargebay,whichisdeeplyrecessediSum-
marizing,thegulfisawaterbody,whosemaximumpartisenclosedby
land,andhasanarrowconnectiontotheocean(Figure9)iTheGulfof
Mexicoisregardedasthelargestgulf,acrosstheworldiOtherexamples
ofgulfsincludetheGulfofStiLawrence,theGulfofSuez,theGulfof
Aden,thePersian(Arabian)Gulf,theGulfofAlaska,theGulfofCalifor-
nia,etciWealsocallgulfsnotonlyareasoftheoceans,butalsoseasiIn
theBalticSea,theGulfofBothnia,theGulfofFinland,theGulfofRiga
andtheGulfofGdanskareidentifiediHowever,thenameoftheGulfof
GdanskisalsofoundtheBayofGdanskiInthecontextofthisdefinition
andexplanation,thepropernameistheBayofGdanski
Figure9iSchematicimageofagulfandabay
•Lagoon-anareaofwaterusuallyatthemouthofarivertothesea,
generallyshallowandpartiallycutoffbyaspitorsomeotherlandformi
Alagoonisashallowbodyofwaterseparatedfromalargerbodyof
waterbyreefs,barrierislands,orabarrierpeninsulaiLagoonsarecom-
monlydividedintocoastallagoons(Figure10)andatolllagoonsiThey
havealsobeenidentifiedasoccurringonmixed-sandandgravelcoast-
linesiThesalinityofthelagoonwaters,duetotheinflowoffreshriver
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