Bo Hai (Chinese: 渤海; pinyin: B hăi; Wade-Giles: Po-hai lit. "Bo Sea"), also known as (though redundant) Bohai Sea or Bohai Gulf, is the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea on the coast of northeastern China. It is approximately 823,000 km .
History
In literature before early 20th century, Bo Hai was, officially until January 1929, sometimes called "Gulf of Chih-li", where "Chih-li" (contemporary Wade-Giles for Zhili) was an old name for Hebei Province.
Geography
The gulf is formed by the Liaodong Peninsula to the northeast and the Shandong Peninsula to the south. Bo Hai consists of three bays: Laizhou Bay to the south, Liaodong Bay to the north, and Bohai Bay to the west. The rivers Huang He, Liao He, and Hai He empty into Bo Hai.
Bo Hai borders Shandong province, Liaoning province, Hebei province, and Tianjin municipality. Port cities on Bo Hai coast include:
The circulation in the Gulf of Aden is summarized in
The principal mechanisms forcing the Gulf are the Pacific Ocean circulation, the tides, the fluxs of heat and moisture exchanged with the atmosphere, and the wind.
The northern Gulf of Oman is strongly influenced by outflow from the Arabian Gulf.
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