gulfs
Wide water bays
Gulfs is the plural of gulf—large inlets of ocean extending into land, larger than bays: the gulfs of Mexico and California.
Gulf also means a wide separation or difference: the gulf between rich and poor, a gulf in understanding.
To gulf something is to swallow it up, though this use is rare.
Deep, steep-sided gap
- riftCrack or estrangement
- divideSeparate into parts
- gapUnfilled space between
- schismFormal organizational fracture
disparity · disconnect · estrangement · alienation · breach · separation · divergence · discrepancy
Partially enclosed water
- inletWater extending into land
- coveSheltered coastal indentation
- bightCurved coastal indentation
- armUpper body limb
basin · coastline · shoreline · waters · Mexico · Oman · Persian · Arabian
Deep, steep-sided gap
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
- voidWithout legal effect
- fathomlessImmeasurably deep or obscure
- bottomlessHaving no base
unfathomable · expanse · vastness · yawning · gaping · plunging · cavernous · immense
chasm
Deep, steep-sided gap
schism · disparity · disconnect · estrangement · alienation · breach · separation · divergence · discrepancy · polarization
bay
Partially enclosed water
arm · basin · coastline · shoreline · waters · Mexico · Oman · Persian · Arabian · Bengal
chasm
Deep, steep-sided gap
- depthsLowest or innermost regions
- voidWithout legal effect
- fathomlessImmeasurably deep or obscure
bottomless · unfathomable · expanse · vastness · yawning · gaping · plunging · cavernous · immense · deep
shipping
Transporting goods to destinations
- navigationDetermining position and course
- trade routesPaths for exchanging goods
- tankersShips transporting fluids
fishing · ports · harbors · oil · petroleum · naval · coastal · tidal · currents · warm waters
- Nordic Terrainfjords, glacial valleys, glacial lakes, mountains, peaks
- geographycontinents, continent, oceans, countries, country
- US geographystates, capitals, state boundaries, state lines, regions
- bodies of waterocean, river, sea, lake, stream
- coastscliffs, shoreline, sandy shore, coves, bays
- oceanographyoceanography, oceanographer, sonar, marine science, ocean circulation
gulfslakes
Large inland water bodies
rivers · ponds · freshwater bodies · inland waters · streams
gulfsbridges
Structures spanning obstacles
connections · bonds · links · unions · ties
gulfspeninsulas
Land masses mostly water-bounded
capes · headlands · promontories · points · spits
- Gulf of MexicoPartially enclosed Atlantic basin
- Gulf War1991 Kuwait liberation
- yawning gulf
- Persian GulfInlet between Iran and Arabia
- Gulf statesTerritories near a gulf
- Gulf CoastSouthern U.S. maritime region