page_title: Hangzhou Bay
section_title: Qiantang River tidal bore
hierarchical_section_title: Hangzhou Bay / Qiantang River tidal bore
caption_attribution_description: 中文（简体）‎: 盐官一线潮。
context_page_description: Hangzhou Bay, or the Bay of Hangzhou, is a funnel-shaped inlet of the East China Sea, bordered by the province of Zhejiang and the municipality of Shanghai, which lies north of the Bay. The Bay extends from the East China Sea to its head at the city of Hangzhou, from which its name is derived.
  At Hangzhou, the Qiantang River flows into this Bay, providing freshwater from the West while seawater comes in from the East. Thus, Hangzhou Bay, especially its western end, is sometimes called in the scientific literature as the Qiantang River Estuary.
  At the southeast end of Hangzhou Bay, off Ningbo, are many small islands that are collectively called the "Zhoushan Islands." This archipelago of islands is urbanized with the administrative status of a prefecture-level city in the province of Zhejiang.
  At less than 15 meters in depth, the entire Bay is relatively shallow. Consequently, the main port in the Bay area is the one in Ningbo and Zhoushan, at the southeast end of the Bay on the coast of East China Sea.
context_section_description: The Bay is known for hosting the world's largest tidal bore, up to 9 meters (30 ft) high, and traveling up to 40 km (25 mi) per hour. Yanguan Town Tide Viewing Park (观潮胜地公园 Guān cháo shèngdì gōngyuán), on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay some 50 km east of the city of Hangzhou, is regarded as one of the best place to watch the Qiantang River Tidal Bore, especially on the 18th day of the eighth lunar month.
caption: Yanguan tidal bore (2017)
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