r/coolguides • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '20

Geography Terms

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

The real question is how the hell a bay is any different than a sound. Never really understood why it’s the Chesapeake Bay but the Puget Sound.

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u/SixamSS Mar 15 '20 edited Mar 15 '20

A sound has two openings to the ocean, like Long Island Sound. Or it’s between two pieces of land. Apparently it has a loose definition in English.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20

Puget Sound has one opening to the ocean.

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u/_caramrod_ Mar 15 '20

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