Po Hai [poh hahy; Chin. baw hahy]

Po Hai

[poh hahy; Chin. baw hahy]
Po Hai: see Bohai, China.
or Po Hai conventional Gulf of Chihli

Arm of the Yellow Sea off the northern China coast. With the Gulf of Liaodong (generally considered part of the Bo Hai), its maximum dimensions are 300 mi (480 km) northeast-southwest and 190 mi (306 km) east-west. The Liao River and Huang He (Yellow River) empty into it.

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