Guanabara Bay - Wikipedia
Guanabara Bay is the second largest bay in area in Brazil (after the All Saints' Bay), at 412 square kilometres (159 sq mi), with a perimeter of 143 kilometres (89 mi). Guanabara Bay is 31 kilometres (19 mi) long and 28 kilometres (17 mi) wide at its maximum.
Guanabara Bay | Rio de Janeiro, Pollution, Conservation | Britannica
Guanabara Bay, bay of the Atlantic Ocean, southeastern Brazil, with Rio de Janeiro on its southwest shore and Niterói on its southeast. Discovered around 1502, it was originally named Rio de Janeiro Bay.
Guanabara Bay - WorldAtlas
2021年9月19日 · Guanabara Bay is the name of the Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. Considered to be one of the seven natural wonders of the world , it is the largest natural bay on Earth, in terms of volume, and measures 412 square kilometers.
Harbor of rio de janeiro | 7 Natural Wonders of the World
The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, also known as Guanabara Bay, is a colossal natural harbor situated along Brazil’s southeastern coast. Expanding over 31 miles (50 kilometers) in circumference, it stands as one of the largest bays globally, cradled by …
Guanabara Bay - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024) - Tripadvisor
2018年9月9日 · Guanabara Bay, the second-largest bay in Brazil, is located between the mountains and the ocean with a stunning landscape of forested mountains: Tijuca Hill, Sugar Loaf, Urca, Cara de Cao and Corcovado.
The endless struggle to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s highly polluted ...
2023年8月1日 · Once a nursery for marine life, Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro is now dying from the dumping of thousands of liters of sewage into its waters; artisanal fishers now survive by picking up the garbage that floats in the bay.
Who Is Polluting Rio’s Bay? - The New York Times
2016年7月28日 · Guanabara Bay was discovered by Portuguese explorers on Jan. 1, 1502 — hence the name Rio de Janeiro, or River of January, for the settlement that grew on its shores. Pollution problems are...
What's in Rio's Bay and Beaches? - National Geographic
2016年8月15日 · Roughly 16 million people live around the bay, making it one of the world’s most densely populated urban areas. Many neighborhoods lack proper sanitation, causing squalid water conditions,...
10 Things You Never Knew About Guanabara Bay: Rio de Janeiro's Bay …
2018年5月3日 · The ocean runs along the famous beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana and enters an enormous bay, with the center of Rio de Janeiro looking across the inlet at another city. This bay, which gives Rio its beautifully unique look, is Guanabara Bay and its history is as intriguing as its appearance.
Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara Bay - Beautiful World
The city of Rio de Janeiro has grown on the west side of the mountainous bay of Guanabara (Baía da Guanabara). The bay is 18 miles (29km) long and wide which means its western edge also has room for the city of Duque de Caxias and both the cities of Niterói and São Gonçalo lie on its Eastern edge.