Few have heard of the Bohai Bay, located in the northwest of the Yellow Sea. It is separated from open waters by the Chinese Shandong Peninsula. Details about where the Bohai Bay is located, the photo of which is given below, its features, location and interesting facts will be written in the article.
Description
Bohai Bay is also called Bohaiwan. It reaches a depth of up to 40 meters, the Haihe and Huanghe, as well as 13 other rivers, flow into it. It should be noted that in international and Chinese terminology, the water area of Bohaiwan, Laizhouwan and Liaodong is called Bohai. Translated - "Bo Sea" or "Bohai Sea".
Bohai Bay is surrounded by land on three sides:
- West: Hebei Province and Tianjin City.
- South: Land of Shandong Province.
- North: Liaoning Province.
Geography and Resources
In the photo of the Bohai Bay you can see its beautiful clear water and well-groomed shores. Tourism is quite well developed on the Shandong Peninsula, thousands of visitors come here every year. In addition, inSea s alt is mined in the Bohai Bay, fish is being fished, and oil is being produced on the shelf. It should be noted that, according to experts, there are quite large reserves of the resource in the Gulf shelf. Their preliminary volume is from 10 to 20 billion tons.
The coast of the bay was formed by various deposits that were brought by the Yellow River over several thousand years. The coastline stretched along the edge of the Great Plain of China.
The Yellow River has had and continues to have a huge impact on the formation of part of Bohai Bay. Every year it brings here about 1,380 million solid precipitation, thereby eroding the Great Plain plateau, as well as the Shanxi Mountains. Including forms the bottom topography in the bay and colors it and the sea yellow. It is thanks to the Yellow Sea that the Yellow Sea got its name.
Name history
Until the beginning of the 20th century, the Bohai Bay was called Zhili or Beichzhili. Until 1928, the province of Hebei, which is adjacent to Beijing, had the same name. Due to the fact that the province was in close proximity to the capital of the state, it was controlled by the governor directly from Beijing.
After the victory of the Kuomintang (Chinese National Party) in 1928, the capital was moved to Nanjing, and Zhili province was renamed Hebei. The Chinese Communists, having come to power, decided to change the name of the bay. In the future, he received the current name Bohaiwan. It is taken from the name of the first stateManchus and Tungus - Bohai (Parhe), which existed on the shores of this bay from 698 to 926 until the time when it was conquered by nomadic tribes - the Khitans, who later gave the name to China itself.
Development of shipping
Due to the fact that the object under study is located in close proximity to the capital - Beijing, it has gradually become practically one of the fastest growing and busiest shipping areas of the entire oceans. Several large ports were built here to serve the huge number of ships arriving in the bay.
Qinhuangdao, a city on the Bohai Bay, is China's largest coal port. It is from here that coal is delivered to all TPPs in the country. To imagine the size of this object, it should be said that two cities were located on its territory in the 19th century. It was only in the 20th century that it was decided to build the largest port here.
Tianjin is the largest port in northern China. It is also considered the main sea gate of the country. A high-speed rail link was created to transport goods. In fact, this port, located in the Bohai Bay, became one of the main segments of China's industrialization in the 20th century.
Bay Islands
In the waters of the Bohai Bay there is a whole group of Changshan Islands. They are known throughout China for their unique marine farms. They grow:
- sea cucumber (holothurian);
- sea urchin;
- abalone(Abalone clams);
- seaweed (kelp seaweed);
- scallop;
- different types of fish.
Successful breeding of shellfish and other aquatic life on farms is facilitated by the most powerful river flow, which forms a large number of natural shallows. Echinoderms and molluscs successfully breed and grow on them.
In addition to sea fishing, the extraction of sea s alt is developed in these places. It is noteworthy that basically it is mined by the traditional method in the same way as hundreds of years ago. However, there are also industrial enterprises that use all the achievements of progress. Along the bay are s alt pools, which have an area of several tens of thousands of hectares.
An interesting fact is that these islands are also called the Temple Islands. In the photo of the Bohai Bay, you can see the reason for this name. There are a large number of temples and places of worship that belong to different eras.
Also interesting facts include the discovery of scientists, which proved that the Great Wall of China previously reached directly to Bohai Bay.
This place is so unusual and important for China. It provides the country with sea delicacies, s alt, oil, as well as a huge amount of goods that arrive here with numerous ships from all over the world.
