Gulf
Gulf vs Bay
One difference between a gulf and a bay is quite difficult to distinguish as they both have the same characteristics. In technical terms, both a gulf and a bay are the same things, and the only difference that is pointed out is in the size. A gulf is much larger than a bay.
A gulf is said to be a large body of water that is surrounded by land and having only a narrow entrance along a strait. A bay is also a large body of water that is surrounded by land but not as enclosed as a gulf. Moreover, the bay has a wider opening than the gulf.
A gulf is a body of water in which the water has eroded very deeply into the adjoining land. On the contrary, a bay has an inward land curve.
Bay
Most of the bays are formed because of the erosion of soft rock and clay by the waves. When looking at a single gulf, it is generally fashioned along linear shores. If the shoreline is irregular and consists of complex geologic structures, a group of gulfs are formed.
Though it has been said that a bay is much smaller than a gulf, there are many exceptions. The Bay of Bengal, about the size of the Arabian Sea, is much larger than the Gulf of Mexico. There are bays that are smaller in length and also bigger bays like the Hudson Bay in Canada and the Bay of Biscay in France and Spain. Generally, bays are circular or semi-circular in shape.
Summary:
1.In technical terms, both a gulf and a bay are the same things, and the only difference that is distinguishable is the size.
2.A gulf is considered to be larger than a bay.
3.Gulfs are large bodies of water that have only a narrow entrance along a strait. A bay is also a large body of water that has a wider opening than a gulf.
4.A gulf is much more enclosed than a bay.
5.Though it has been said that a bay is smaller than a gulf, there are many exceptions. The Bay of Bengal, about the size of the Arabian Sea, is much larger than the Gulf of Mexico.
6.A gulf is a body of water in which the water has eroded very deeply into the adjoining land. On the contrary, a bay has an inward land curve.
7.Bays are circular or semi-circular in shape.
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Actually, there is NO difference. This one sentence should suffice!
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this is a good and considerable piece,yet if the matter has been presented with the help of pictures,it must have helped better.morever i feel the matter is not enough.
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Bay of bengal size 2110,000 sq km. on the contrary Mexican Gulf size is 1550,000 sq km…… is size main distinguish factor??
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There is no difference.
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that’s what I said and I got a 90 on a test 🙁
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Dude its not about you!
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The descriptions on this site don’t match the pictures, I think someone got confused and switched the labels.
Anyway, maybe there is no difference like everyone else is suggesting, but I’ve never seen a body of water with the characteristics of a gulf be called a bay and vice versa. A gulf always just looks like the ocean or sea is pushed into the land a little, while a bay mostly looks like a giant lake that feeds into the ocean or sea.
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The difference between gulf and bay is that a bay is curved indentation made by a sea or lake into a coast line while the gulf is a part of the ocean that penetrates into the coastline.
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why hudson bay, bangol bay is bigger than mexican gulf? … i think these terms are just synonymous
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A gulf is one type of bay. Other types of bays are seas, sounds, and bights. Even a cove might be called a bay. It is such a wide term because the definition is broad. A bay is any body of water with an indented shoreline, but connected to an ocean or lake.
The broadness of the definition causes some confusion and that leads to a lot of misinformation. The fact is, we have some gulfs that are larger than bays and vice versa. Early explorers named things the way they wanted to name them, so don’t let a name fool you into thinking it tells you something about the size of a body of water.
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No
Okay there is a difference between them
Don’t know anything and I am a child
Ok
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That’s the right thing ! You made your point clear and it’s good
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Not fully satisfied
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There is no similarities
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