Gulf of Bothnia

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arm of the Baltic Sea body of water gulf

The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, lying between Sweden and Finland and known for its brackish waters and extensive winter ice cover.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Gulf of Bothnia canonical	95
Gulf of Bothnia region	3
Kvarken	2
northern Baltic Sea	2
Baltic Sea (via Bothnian Bay)	1
Gulf of Bothnia basin	1
Gulf of Bothnia coast	1
northern Gulf of Bothnia	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arm of the Baltic Sea ⓘ body of water ⓘ gulf ⓘ
averageDepth	about 60 m ⓘ
borderingRegion	northern Sweden ⓘ surface form: Norrland Ostrobothnia ⓘ
borderingSeaArea	Sea of Åland ⓘ surface form: Åland Sea
connectsTo	Baltic Sea ⓘ Sea of Åland ⓘ
countryOnCoast	Finland ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
environmentalIssues	eutrophication ⓘ pollution from industry and forestry ⓘ
freezingFrequency	freezes almost every winter ⓘ
hasIslandGroup	Hailuoto ⓘ Holmön archipelago ⓘ
hasPort	Gävle ⓘ Luleå ⓘ Oulu ⓘ Sundsvall ⓘ Umeå ⓘ Vaasa ⓘ
hasSubregion	Bothnian Bay ⓘ Bothnian Sea ⓘ Quark Strait ⓘ
iceCoverDuration	several months each winter ⓘ
knownFor	brackish water ⓘ extensive winter ice cover ⓘ
length	about 725 km ⓘ
locatedBetween	Finland ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Europe ⓘ
majorRiverInflows	Kemijoki ⓘ Lule River ⓘ Tornionjoki ⓘ Ume River ⓘ Ångerman River ⓘ
maximumDepth	about 295 m ⓘ
northernmostPartOf	Baltic Sea ⓘ
oceanBasin	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Baltic Sea ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities	fishing ⓘ forestry-related transport ⓘ shipping ⓘ
salinity	low salinity ⓘ
salinityGradient	salinity decreases from south to north ⓘ
typicalIceThickness	up to about 70 cm ⓘ
typicalSurfaceTemperatureSummer	about 15–20 °C ⓘ
typicalSurfaceTemperatureWinter	near 0 °C ⓘ
waterType	brackish ⓘ
width	up to about 240 km ⓘ

Referenced by (106)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baltic Sea → hasPart → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Baltic Sea → hasSeaIce → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Sweden → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Finland → hasCoastOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Kemi → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Baltic Ice Lake → maximumExtent → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Bothnia region

Åland Islands → borderingWaterBody → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Bothnian Bay → connectedTo → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kvarken

Bothnian Bay → borderedBy → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Bothnia region

Bothnian Bay → formsNorthernPartOf → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Baltic campaign → location → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Bothnian Sea → partOf → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Baltic Proper → locatedBetween → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Baltic Proper → connectedTo → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

former Turku and Pori Province → locatedOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

subject surface form: Turku and Pori Province

this entity surface form: Gulf of Bothnia coast

Finnish Navy → operatesIn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Ostrobothnia → bordersBodyOfWater → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

northern Sweden → borders → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Sweden

Svealand → hasSeaCoastOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Tornio–Kemi area → locatedNear → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

European seas → partOf → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Scandinavian Peninsula → bordersBodyOfWater → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Kemi-Tornio Airport → locatedNear → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Uppland → borders → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

European route E4 → passesNear → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Port of Kemi → locatedOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Port of Kemi → locatedInNorthernPartOf → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

SnowCastle of Kemi → locatedNear → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Icebreaker Sampo → operatedIn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Icebreaker Sampo → regionServed → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Kemijoki → mouth → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Kemijoki → flowsInto → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Älvkarleby Municipality → riverMouthNearby → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Oulu → locatedOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Kingdom of Sweden → borderSea → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Finnish merchant fleet → operatesIn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Dalälven → mouthLocatedIn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Dalälven → flowsInto → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Oulujoki → flowsInto → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Oulujoki → regionHydrological → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Bothnia basin

Oulu Province (historical) → hasCoastOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Hailuoto → partOf → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Baltic Sea campaign of the Crimean War → location → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Tierp Municipality → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Tornionjoki → mouthLocatedIn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Gulf of Bothnia

Tornionjoki → flowsInto → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Norrsundet → adjacentTo → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Gästrikland → hasCoastOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ

Nordanstig Municipality → locatedOn → Gulf of Bothnia ⓘ