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Hangzhou Bay

American  
(Older Spelling) Hangchow Bay

noun

  1. a bay of the East China Sea.


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It made its first landfall Sunday in Zhejiang province just south of Shanghai, then moved north across Hangzhou Bay before hitting land again on Shanghai’s southern edge.

From Seattle Times

I threw open the curtains in our hotel room near Shanghai to look across a painstakingly groomed beach at Hangzhou Bay, almost indistinguishable from the overcast sky.

From Washington Post

The unidentified member state told the monitors that barges had delivered coal directly to three ports in China’s Hangzhou Bay and also to facilities along the Yangtze river.

From Reuters

Recently, Shaoxing has been actively promoting the upgrade and transformation of its traditional industries with a goal of building a manufacturing base and an intelligent industrial base in the Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay.

From Washington Times

The Hangzhou Bay, into which the Qiantang river empties, is more than 60 miles across at its mouth, but it narrows to a gap less than 13 miles across where it meets the Qiantang.

From National Geographic