Bohai Bay

Bohai Bay ( Bohai Wan ), Laizhou Bay ( Laizhou Wan ) and Liaoding Bay ( Liaoding Wan ) in the Bohai Sea ( Bo Hai )

The Bohai Bay (Chinese渤海湾/渤海湾, Pinyin Bóhǎi Wān, English Bohai Bay) is next to the Laizhou Bay (Gulf of Laitschou ) and the Liaodong Bay (Gulf of Liaodong ) one of the three large bays / gulfs, the / form the Gulf of Bohai, the Bohai Sea in the north of the Yellow Sea.

The Bohai Sea is through the Bohai Strait ( Chih-li - street ) to the Yellow Sea in connection. The bay is located in the west of the Bohai Sea and adjacent to the area of Hebei Province and the centrally-administered city of Tianjin. This port town has about 14 million inhabitants. It is bounded on the north by the mouth of Daqing He (大 清河) in the south of the circle Laoting ( Tangshan ) and in the south by the mouth of the Yellow River ( Huang He) in Shandong. Also, the Hai He River and the Ji- channel flow into the bay. The average depth is about 12.5 meters, in winter it is for about three months frozen (see also Beijing # climate).

The fishery is considered to be economically significant. Changlu Yanqu (长芦 盐 区, Changlu salt district ') is the most important salt production area of China. In the Bohai Bay, there are several oil fields; they are operated by the China National Offshore Oil Corporation and ConocoPhillips China. The Tianjin Xingang seaport at the mouth of the Hai He in Tanggu is a major sea port. The bay is located in a seismically very active region.

Tunnel project

China plans (as of January 2014) to build a 123 -kilometer rail link that will pass under the Bohai Bay. You should connect the port cities of Dalian and Yantai each other. Dalian is China's northernmost ice-free seaport. The route would be longer than the two so far the longest tunnel in the world ( Seikan Tunnel in Japan (54 kilometers, 23.3 kilometers under the sea ) and Euro tunnel under the English Channel (50 km, including 38 km undersea ) ).

The project has been presented since 2009 on several occasions the National People's Congress, China's tagendem annually pseudo - parliament. 2011 found the idea of ​​input into the Regional Planning of Shandong Province, which was endorsed as the central government of the State Council. The China Daily newspaper reported on 14 February 2014, the final draft could be submitted to the State Council in April.

See also List of longest tunnels in the world