Which of the following statement is/are correct? Gulf of Bothnia- separates Spain and Finland. Bay Biscay is a part of Atlantic Ocean and separates France and Spain. White Sea is located in North of Russia and is a part of Arctic Ocean. Select the correct code from below.
Which of the following statement is/are correct? Gulf of Bothnia- separates Spain and Finland. Bay Biscay is a part of Atlantic Ocean and separates France and Spain. White Sea is located in North of Russia and is a part of Arctic Ocean. Select the correct code from below. Correct Answer 2 and 3
The correct answer is option 2, i.e, 2 and 3.
Key Points
- Gulf of Bothnia:
- It separates Sweden and Finland.
- It is a part of Baltic Sea.
- Covering an area of about 45200 square miles, the gulf extends for 450 miles from north to south but only 50 to 150 miles from east to west.
- Its maximum depth is 965 feet in the west central portion, its average depth is only about 200 feet.
- Because it receives the water of so many rivers including the Angerman, Ume, Lule, Torne, Kemi and Oulu.
- Its salinity is extremely low.
- Bay Biscay:
- It is a part of Atlantic Ocean.
- It separates France and Spain.
- Its maximum depth a little south of its center is 15525 feet.
- The principal rivers flowing into the bay are the Loire, the Adour, and the Dordogne and Garonne which from the Gironde Estuary.
- The surface currents of the Bay of Biscay are influenced by the clockwise circulation in the North Atlantic.
- And, that produces a clockwise circulation in the bay.
- The principal ports along the Bay of Biscay are Brest, Nantes, La Rochelle, Bordeaux, and Bayonne in France.
- White Sea:
- It is located in North of Russia.
- It is a part of Arctic Ocean.
- River Draining: Mezen, N. Divina and Onega.
- It is connected to the more northerly Barents Sea by a long narrow strait known as the Gorlo.
- The boundary between the two seas runs along a line joining Cape Kann Nos and Cape Svyatoy Nos.
- The area is about 35000 square miles.
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