Alta Floresta | |
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State | Mato Grosso |
Country | Brazil |
Capital | |
Population | 49761 |
Alta Floresta (Portuguese for "High Forest") is a municipality in Mato Grosso, Brazil. It is located at around 9°53′10″S 56°5′14″W.
The municipality is served by Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport.
Bay | |
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State | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté |
Country | France |
Capital | |
Population | 142 |
Postcode | 70150 |
A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a type of smaller bay with a circular inlet and narrow entrance. A fjord is a particularly steep bay shaped by glacial activity.
A bay can be the estuary of a river, such as the Chesapeake Bay, an estuary of the Susquehanna River. Bays may also be nested within each other; for example, James Bay is an arm of Hudson Bay in northeastern Canada. Some large bays, such as the Bay of Bengal and Hudson Bay, have varied marine geology.