| Xiamen Bay | |||||||||||||
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 Xiamen Bay near Kah Kee Park in Xiamen's Jimei District | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 廈門 灣 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 厦门 湾 | ||||||||||||
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Xiamen Bay,formerly known as Amoy Bay, is a partially enclosed bay off the coast of Xiamen in China's Fujian Province. It is bound by the Kinmen Islands and the Taiwan Strait. [1]
The bay is formed by down-faulted depressed block of undersea bed creating a submerged bay. [2]
The water depth around the bay range from 6 to 25 metres and has a deep water coastal area of 30 km. [3]
Xiamen Bay is an important economic region for Xiamen as well as the whole of Fujian Province. [4] The bay has numerous port, transport infrastructure, shipbuilding and petrochemical industries. [5] The local government has set up various development areas such as the Xiamen Bay Photoelectric Industrial City to promote economic development. [5]
Due to rapid economic development and industrialization in Xiamen, the bay has been tested for traces of heavy metal contamination. [3] [6]
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