Comment on Why aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs?

• Nikls94@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think it’s like this:

  Sea = Sea water surrounded by land

  Gulf = water that goes into land

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  • jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Is a gulf really all that different than a bay? Also I’m not seeing sea on here.

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    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I think there may be scale elements to these too. The chart I had included scale.

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    • Yermaw@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I had the same thought with cape and peninsula

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