 | Samuel Clark - 1843 - 98 pages
...extent of water. What is a Sea? A piece of water partly surrounded hy land, but united with an ocean. What is a Gulf or Bay ? A gulf or bay is a piece of water running into the land out of an ocean or sea. What is a Strait? A narrow piece of water,... | |
 | Robert Anderson (schoolmaster.) - 1856 - 406 pages
...Black Sea. An Archipelago is a sea interspersed with many islands, as the Archipelago east of Greece. A Gulf or Bay is a body of water extending into the land, as the Oulfof Mexico, the Bay of Biscay. A Lake ts a body of fresh water surrounded by land, as Lake... | |
 | John George Hodgins - Canada - 1858 - 142 pages
...surrounded by land. GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF (3) An Archipelago is a eea dotted over with islands. (4) A Gulf or Bay is a body of water extending into the land. (5) A Lake is a body of fresh water surrounded by land. Some salt lakes, when large, are commonly called... | |
 | William Hughes - 1860 - 130 pages
...also has many different names applied to it by Geographers, according to its situation, form, etc. What is a Gulf or Bay ? A Gulf or Bay is a branch of some large division of water, extending some distance into the land. Questions on the Natural... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - Geography - 1875 - 102 pages
...water. What is a Sea ? A Sea is a branch of some larger body of water, partly inclosed by land. 16 What is a Gulf, or Bay » A Gulf, or Bay, is a branch of some large division of water, extending into the laud. *• l A BAY. There is bnt little... | |
 | Sophia S. Cornell - 1876 - 84 pages
...is a Sea partly inclosed? By land. Here is a Picture of a hody of water. It li called a Gulf or Bay. What is a Gulf or Bay ? A Gulf or Bay is a body of water extending into the land. Here is a Map of a Bay. What is a body of water extending into the land called? , Here la a Picture... | |
 | David M. Warren - 1877 - 110 pages
...harbors. AVhat is an ocean? What is a sea? A sea is a division of water smaller than an ocean, and mostly surrounded by land. What is a gulf or bay ? A gulf or bay is a part of an ocean or sea extending into the land. What is a strait? A strait is a narrow passage of... | |
 | Jacques Wardlaw Redway - Geography - 1888 - 146 pages
...bays, straits, channels, and sounds. What is a sea ? A sea is a small part of the ocean nearly shut in by land. What is a gulf or bay ? A gulf or bay is a body of water which reaches into the land. What is a strait ? A strait is a narrow body of water that joins two larger... | |
 | James Monteith - Geography - 1895 - 176 pages
...bays, straits, channels, and sounds. 8. A sea is a body of water nearly or quite surrounded by land. 9. A gulf, or bay, is a body of water extending into the land.36 10. A strait, or channel, is a narrow passage of water connecting two larger portions of water.27... | |
 | William Swinton - Geography - 1896 - 148 pages
...gulfs or bays, and straits. 80. A sea is a large division of the Ocean nearly inclosed by land. 8 1. A gulf or bay is a body of water extending into the land. Л harbor is a small bay, in which ships may ride at anchor. 82. A strait is a narrow passage of water... | |
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A gulf, or bay, is a body of water extending into the land.* 10. 