Hangzhou Bay

Also known as Bay of Hangzhou, Hangchow Wan, Hangchow Bay, Hangzhou Wan, Bay of Hangchow

bay of the East China Sea between Shanghai and Zhejiang in China

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Vinony's link graph records 205 inbound references to Hangzhou Bay, and connects out to Zhoushan, Hangzhou dialect and Shanghai.

The entry is geolocated on the map.

It is catalogued under topics including Bays of China and Bodies of water of Zhejiang.

Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: inlet
Country: China
Located in: Zhejiang
Image: Hangzhou Bay Bridge-1.jpg

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inflows: Cao'e River

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Encyclopedic overview

Hangzhou Bay extends from the East China Sea (right) to its namesake, the city of Hangzhou, where the Qiantang River flows in (left). The red line shows the first bridge crossing of the bay, Hangzhou Bay Bridge. Zhoushan Islands is the archipelago, off Ningbo, at the southeast edge of the Bay (lower right). Shanghai is north of the bay (upper right).

Hangzhou Bay is a funnel-shaped inlet of the East China Sea on the middle eastern coast of Mainland China, bordered by the province of Zhejiang to the west and south, and the municipality of Shanghai to north. The bay extends westwards to its head at the city of Hangzhou, the provincial capital of Zhejiang, from which its name is derived. The east and southeast margin of Hangzhou Bay are marked by numerous islands off the shores of Ningbo, collectively called the Zhoushan Islands, which are an urbanized archipelago that forms the prefecture-level city of Zhoushan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hangzhou Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.