Concept in Definition ABC

At the behest of the geography we call gulf To that portion of sea that goes into the land between two headlands.
Meanwhile, a cape, within this same context, is that point of the earth that penetrates into the sea.

Geography: portion of the ocean that enters the continent between two headlands

On the other hand, the term also allows us to refer to the large expanse of sea that is quite distant from the land and in which islands do not appear.

So the gulf is a part of the ocean of important extension that is enclosed by points of land, which are the capes.

Features and Uses

The natural characteristics of the gulfs make them ideal at the urging of the building of ports and dikes, because they will offer shelter against the tides.

Generally, the concept of gulf is usually linked to that of bay, an ocean inlet surrounded by land except in a single area or part that is the one that exerts the opening and this This is so because the large bays are considered gulfs, while the smaller bays are called fjords.

It should be noted that those gulfs that depend on others or even on bays, are often called inlets, coves or coves.

Persian Gulf and Gulf of Mexico, two gulfs with history

Among the best known and most popular gulfs in the world is the Persian Gulf.
Its extension includes the coasts of the following countries: Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The popularity of this gulf stemmed in recent years from a rather unpleasant fact, such is the case of a war and contributed its denomination even to give a name to the warlike confrontation in question, Gulf war, product of the invasion of Iraq to Kuwait and in which he also had a participation outstanding, almost leading, the The United States and other forces allied to Kuwait such as France, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Italy, Poland, among others,, when the year was running 1990.
The triumph was for the allies.

On the other hand, continuing with the review of famous gulfs of our planet we cannot ignore the Gulf of Mexico, which involves three countries, the coastlines of the island of Cuba, the United States and Mexico.
There are several states in both Mexico and the United States that have coast and exit to the Gulf, in the case of Mexico we can mention Yucatán, Veracruz, Tabasco and Tamaulipas, among others; in the case of the United States, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana; and it is up to Cuba to occupy the eastern zone of the Gulf.

It covers an area of ​​one million five hundred and fifty thousand square kilometers, it is subdivided into several bays: Apalache, Campeche, Apalachicola, Tampa, Laguna de Terms and the Gulf of Guanahacabibes, and was explored for the first time in 1497, a few years after the discovery of America, by the Spanish navigator and explorer Américo Vespucci.

Meanwhile, the explorer and cartographer Juan de la Cosa, overturned the description of Vespucci in a representation graph, which indicated the Gulf and already mentioned the Island of Cuba.

It originated about 300 million years ago as a result of the collision of the continental plates and finally by the sinking of the sea floor after this event.

This gulf represents the ninth most important and largest body of water on the planet and also has a large diversity species, a fact that adds great relevance in this regard.

Lazy, dishonest person with incorrect sexual behaviors

On the other hand, especially in the language current Spain, the word gulf is frequently used to refer to a person who stands out for his vagrancy and dishonesty, that does not respect the current norms or that may have sexual behavior that contravenes accepted moral norms.
When a man is said to be a gulf, it will be because of his tendency to seduce and deceive wealthy women or women. that he can obtain some concrete economic profit, and of course after deceiving them he will leave them and keep the booty.

Issues in Gulf