Golfu

Un golfu ye una abertura xeográfica costera dende un océanu o un mar escontra la masa terrestre, zarrada por cabos de tierra. Típicamente presenten una abertura más estrecha qu'una badea; anque esto nun ye observable en toles árees xeográfiques asina nomaes, entiéndese que les badees son de menor estensión.^[1]

El términu golfu usóse tradicionalmente pa grandes mases d'agua salao navegables y bien dentaos que tán arrodiaos pola mariña.^[2] Munchos golfos son árees de saléu importantes, como'l Golfu Pérsicu, el Golfu de México, el Golfu de Finlandia y el Golfu d'Adén.^[3]

Descripción

Los golfos que dependen d'otros golfos o badees, o que son de menor tamañu o fondura, tamién pue recibir el nome de cala o caleta

Esta mena d'accidentes xeográficos tien una gran importancia estratéxica y económica, yá que, de normal, son llugares ideales pa la construcción de puertos y diques.

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Referencies

↑ Encyclopædia Britannica. «Bay (coastal)» (inglés). Consultáu'l 18 d'abril de 2009.
↑ Gregory, George (1816). «A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Volume 2 (First American ed.). Philadelphia: Isaac Peirce. p. 269. "A sea is a smaller collection of waters; as the Black Sea. A gulf is a part of the sea which is nearly surrounded with land; as the gulf of Venice. A bay has a wider entrance than a gulf; as the Bay of Biscay. A strait is a narrow passage that joins."» (inglés).
↑ Duggal, Gita. Chowdhury, Baruna Ray (ed.). «Madhubun ICSE Geography 6. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House. p. 32. ISBN 9789325994645. "A gulf is an inlet of an ocean or a sea deep into the land with a narrow mouth. It is more highly indented, more enclosed by the coast and larger than a bay. Some examples of gulfs are Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Eden and Gulf of ..."» (inglés).

Enllaces esternos

[1] Encyclopædia Britannica. «Bay (coastal)» (inglés). Consultáu'l 18 d'abril de 2009.

[2] Gregory, George (1816). «A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Volume 2 (First American ed.). Philadelphia: Isaac Peirce. p. 269. "A sea is a smaller collection of waters; as the Black Sea. A gulf is a part of the sea which is nearly surrounded with land; as the gulf of Venice. A bay has a wider entrance than a gulf; as the Bay of Biscay. A strait is a narrow passage that joins."» (inglés).

[3] Duggal, Gita. Chowdhury, Baruna Ray (ed.). «Madhubun ICSE Geography 6. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House. p. 32. ISBN 9789325994645. "A gulf is an inlet of an ocean or a sea deep into the land with a narrow mouth. It is more highly indented, more enclosed by the coast and larger than a bay. Some examples of gulfs are Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Eden and Gulf of ..."» (inglés).

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