daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 hours agoWhy aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs?message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareWhy aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs?daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 16 hours agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 hours ago“Is Pluto a planet?” problem, I suppose. I doubt that there is a precise, strict definition, so those seas are called that because “it happened this way historically” and there is no real need to change that.
minus-squareFlemmy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 hours agoIt changes nothing that’s why avoid anyone bring “about Pluto” discussions it’s a waste of time.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 hours agoI’ve seen a diagrammatic chart showing the difference, but damned if I can find it on my phone.
minus-squareNikls94@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-216 hours agoI think it’s like this: Sea = Sea water surrounded by land Gulf = water that goes into land
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoIs a gulf really all that different than a bay? Also I’m not seeing sea on here.
minus-squareYermaw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 hours agoI had the same thought with cape and peninsula
“Is Pluto a planet?” problem, I suppose. I doubt that there is a precise, strict definition, so those seas are called that because “it happened this way historically” and there is no real need to change that.
It changes nothing that’s why avoid anyone bring “about Pluto” discussions it’s a waste of time.
I’ve seen a diagrammatic chart showing the difference, but damned if I can find it on my phone.
I think it’s like this:
Sea = Sea water surrounded by land
Gulf = water that goes into land
Is a gulf really all that different than a bay? Also I’m not seeing sea on here.
I had the same thought with cape and peninsula