Xiamen Bay

Xiamen Bay
Xiamen Bay near Kah Kee Park in Xiamen's Jimei District
Traditional Chinese廈門灣
Simplified Chinese厦门湾
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàmén Wān
Wade–GilesHsia-men Wan
Southern Min
Hokkien POJĒ-mn̂g-ôan

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.

Geography

The bay is formed by down-faulted depressed block of undersea bed creating a submerged bay.

The water depth around the bay range from 6 to 25 metres and has a deep water coastal area of 30 km.

Economy

Xiamen Bay is an important economic region for Xiamen as well as the whole of Fujian Province. The bay has numerous port, transport infrastructure, shipbuilding and petrochemical industries. The local government has set up various development areas such as the Xiamen Bay Photoelectric Industrial City to promote economic development.

Due to rapid economic development and industrialization in Xiamen, the bay has been tested for traces of heavy metal contamination.

References

  1. ↑ Luca N. Wagner, 2008, Urbanization: 21st century issues and challenges, Nova Publishers, ISBN 1-60021-989-6, ISBN 978-1-60021-989-4, p. 165
  2. ↑ Terry R. Healy, Ying Wang, Judy-Ann Healy, 2002, Muddy coasts of the world: processes, deposits, and function, Volume 4 of Proceedings in marine science, Gulf Professional Publishing, ISBN 0-444-51019-2, ISBN 978-0-444-51019-8, p. 339
  3. 1 2 Zhang, Luoping; Feng, Huan; Li, Xiaoxia; Ye, Xin; Jing, Youhai; Ouyang, Tong; Yu, Xingtian; Liang, Rongyuan; Chen, Weiqi (2009), "Heavy metal contaminant remediation study of western Xiamen Bay sediment, China: Laboratory bench scale testing results", Journal of Hazardous Materials, 172 (1): 108–16, doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.06.138, PMID 19631459
  4. ↑ Y. M. Yeung, Jianfa Shen, 2008, The Pan-Pearl River Delta: an emerging regional economy in a globalizing China, Chinese University Press, ISBN 962-996-376-0, ISBN 978-962-996-376-7, pp. 125–126
  5. 1 2 ChinaCSR.com, July 25, 2008 - Xiamen Bay Photoelectric Industrial City Launched
  6. ↑ Zhang, Luoping; Ye, Xin; Feng, Huan; Jing, Youhai; Ouyang, Tong; Yu, Xingtian; Liang, Rongyuan; Gao, Chengtie; Chen, Weiqi (2007), "Heavy metal contamination in western Xiamen Bay sediments and its vicinity, China", Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54 (7): 974–82, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.02.010, PMID 17433373

24°30′N 118°15′E / 24.50°N 118.25°E / 24.50; 118.25