daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhy aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs?daepicgamerbro69@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareLembot_0002@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days 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-up0·2 days agoIt changes nothing that’s why avoid anyone bring “about Pluto” discussions it’s a waste of time.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days 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-22 days agoI think it’s like this: Sea = Sea water surrounded by land Gulf = water that goes into land
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoIs a gulf really all that different than a bay? Also I’m not seeing sea on here.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·22 hours agoI think there may be scale elements to these too. The chart I had included scale.
minus-squareYermaw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days 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 think there may be scale elements to these too. The chart I had included scale.
I had the same thought with cape and peninsula