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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