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Bohai Bay (Chinese: 渤海湾; pinyin: Bóhăi Wān) is one of the three bays forming the Bohai Gulf, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea, in northeastern China. It borders Hebei province and Tianjin Municipality. It has been suggested that Pinyin_method be merged into this article or section. ... The bay at San Sebastián, Spain A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. ... Bo Hai (Chinese: 渤海; pinyin: B hăi; Wade-Giles: Po-hai lit. ... ... Hebei (Chinese: 河北; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ho-pei; Postal System Pinyin: Hopeh) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Tianjin (Chinese: 天津; pinyin: tiān jīn; Postal System Pinyin: Tientsin) is a harbour municipality in China on the Hai He River (from Beijing) and Bohai Gulf of the Yellow Sea (Pacific Ocean). ...


The three bays are Laizhou Bay to the south, Liaodong Bay to the north, and Bohai Bay to the west. Laizhou Bay (Laizhou Wan) is the southern arm of the Bohai Sea (also Known as the Bohai Bay, or just Bo Hai), which is a large relatively shallow extension of the Korea Bay (Northern Yellow Sea) behind the Liaodong Peninsula to the north, and the Shandong Peninsula to the south. ... Liaodong Bay is one of the three bays forming the Bohai Gulf, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea, in northeastern China. ...


[edit] Origin

The Bohai bay was once an area dominated by the navies and ships of the powerful Korean empire of Balhae. The Chinese called Balhae "Bohai," therefore named the body of water the Bohai Bay in honor and remembrance of the Korean empire that had once dominated modern-day Manchuria. Alternate meaning: Bohai Sea Balhae, also known as Bohai in Chinese, (698 - 926) was an ancient kingdom occupying parts of Manchuria, Primorsky Krai, and the northern part of the Korean peninsula. ...


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Bohai Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (294 words)
"Bo Sea"), also known as Bohai Gulf or (though redundant) Bohai Sea (previously Pechili Bay or Zhili Bay), is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China.
Bohai was a kingdom in Manchuria and northern Korea, from AD 698 to 926.
Bo Hai consists of three bays: Laizhou Bay (Liazhou Wan) to the south, Liaodong Bay (Liaodong Wan) to the north, and Bohai Bay (Bohai Wan) to the west.
VERIFICATION OF A NUMERICAL MODEL USING FIELD MONITORING DATA FOR MODELLING BOHAI BAY (1335 words)
Bohai Bay is a shallow semi-enclosed coastal basin located along the north-east coast of China.
Bohai Bay is a large semi-enclosed coastal basin located within the Bohai Sea along the north-east coast of China.
For shallow water flow such as Bohai Bay, the variation in the vertical plan is insignificant, it is acceptable to use depth-integrated two-dimensional models.
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