386:"For the purposes of this Convention, a bay is a well-marked indentation whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain land-locked waters and constitute more than a mere curvature of the coast. An indentation shall not, however, be regarded as a bay unless its area is as large as, or larger than, that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation. For the purpose of measurement, the area of an indentation is that lying between the low-water mark around the shore of the indentation and a line joining the low-water mark of its natural entrance points. Where, because of the presence of islands, an indentation has more than one mouth, the semi-circle shall be drawn on a line as long as the sum total of the lengths of the lines across the different mouths. Islands within an indentation shall be included as if they were part of the water area of the indentation."
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bay — a bay that is widest at the mouth, flanked by
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21:Bay (disambiguation)
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408:"Definition of BAY"
142:northeastern Canada
1361:Coastal management
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679:Coastal geography
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130:Susquehanna River
120:A bay can be the
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1073:Pocket beach
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907:Natural arch
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1283:Steep coast
1256:Rocky shore
1251:Rip current
1131:River delta
1103:Wash margin
1098:Storm beach
1088:Shell beach
1053:Beach wrack
1048:Beach ridge
1038:Beach cusps
987:Tied island
977:Tidal marsh
700:Archipelago
367:Great capes
278:islands or
202:semi-circle
159:and blocks
42:The bay of
30:The bay at
1502:Categories
1397:Grain size
1371:Submersion
1348:Management
1333:Wind fetch
1293:Surf break
1211:Flat coast
1141:regressive
927:Salt marsh
785:Coral reef
637:2023-08-09
515:2017-12-30
394:References
324:, and the
299:Vyborg Bay
191:Definition
138:Hudson Bay
1356:Accretion
1338:Wind wave
1298:Surf zone
1153:Processes
1126:Mouth bar
1083:Recession
1063:Beachrock
982:Tide pool
912:Peninsula
800:cliff-top
687:Landforms
568:0002-7316
485:March 21,
455:March 21,
422:March 21,
349:headlands
289:Formation
252:peninsula
242:headlands
181:anchorage
173:fisheries
134:James Bay
108:embayment
1487:Category
1313:Undertow
1266:Sea foam
1261:Sea cave
1161:Blowhole
1003:Windwatt
862:Headland
710:Avulsion
479:Archived
449:Archived
416:Archived
355:See also
337:glaciers
262:channels
248:Enclosed
206:diameter
1437:shingle
1417:granule
1402:boulder
1380:Related
1276:peresyp
1186:Current
1121:Debouch
1030:Beaches
997:Waituna
992:Tombolo
902:Mudflat
897:Machair
887:Isthmus
807:Estuary
750:Channel
333:erosion
314:Pangaea
301:on the
276:barrier
266:islands
165:beaches
122:estuary
59:coastal
44:Baracoa
1427:pebble
1422:gravel
1412:cobble
957:Strait
937:Skerry
892:Lagoon
877:Island
832:Fundus
735:Bodden
596:
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320:, the
204:whose
1308:Swash
1271:Shoal
952:Stack
942:Sound
932:Shoal
882:Islet
867:Inlet
857:Hapua
822:Fjord
817:Fjard
812:Firth
760:Coast
755:Cliff
730:Bight
705:Atoll
471:"bay"
374:Notes
341:fjord
280:spits
230:Spain
216:Types
210:bight
185:ports
177:trade
161:waves
157:winds
102:fjord
90:bight
87:, or
84:sound
63:ocean
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1442:silt
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