Editing Hudson Bay (section)

==Description==
[[File:Hudson-bassin.PNG|thumb|left|[[Hudson Bay drainage basin]]]]
The bay is named after [[Henry Hudson]], an Englishman sailing for the [[Dutch East India Company]], and after whom [[Hudson River|the river that he explored in 1609 is also named]]. Hudson Bay encompasses {{cvt|1230000|km2}}, making it the second-largest water body using the term "[[bay]]" in the world (after the [[Bay of Bengal]]). The bay is relatively shallow and is considered an [[Inland sea|epicontinental sea]], with an average depth of about {{cvt|100|m}} (compared to {{cvt|2600|m}} in the [[Bay of Bengal]]). It is about {{cvt|1370|km}} long and {{cvt|1050|km}} wide.<ref name=":2">[http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0824440.html Private Tutor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811094102/http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0824440.html |date=11 August 2012 }}. Infoplease.com. Retrieved on 12 April 2014.</ref> On the east it is connected with the Arctic Ocean ([[Davis Strait]]) by [[Hudson Strait]]; on the north, with the [[Arctic Ocean]] by [[Foxe Basin]] (which is not considered part of the bay), and [[Fury and Hecla Strait]].

Hudson Bay is often considered part of the Arctic Ocean:<ref name="Wright2001">{{cite book |last=Wright |first=John |title=The New York Times Almanac 2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G81HonU81pAC&pg=PA459 |access-date=29 November 2010 |date=30 November 2001 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-1-57958-348-4 |page=459}}</ref> the [[International Hydrographic Organization]], in its 2002 working draft<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iho.int/mtg_docs/com_wg/S-23WG/S-23WG_Misc/Draft_2002/Draft_2002.htm|title=IHO Publication S-23 Limits of Oceans and Seas; Chapter 9: Arctic Ocean|publisher=International Hydrographic Organization|date=2002|access-date=1 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202105534/http://www.iho.int/mtg_docs/com_wg/S-23WG/S-23WG_Misc/Draft_2002/Draft_2002.htm|archive-date=2 February 2014}}</ref> of ''Limits of Oceans and Seas'', defined Hudson Bay, with its outlet extending from 62.5 to 66.5 degrees north (just a few miles south of the [[Arctic Circle]]) as being part of the Arctic Ocean, specifically "Arctic Ocean Subdivision 9.11". Other authorities include it in the Atlantic,<ref name="Calow1999">{{cite book |last=Calow |first=Peter |title=Blackwell's concise encyclopedia of environmental management |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0E0LP-pPCWwC&pg=PA7 |access-date=29 November 2010 |date=12 July 1999 |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=978-0-632-04951-6 |page=7}}</ref> in part because of its greater water budget connection with that ocean.<ref name="LewisJones2000">{{cite book |editor-last1=Lewis |editor-first1=Edward Lyn |editor-last2=Jones |editor-first2=E. Peter |display-editors=et al. |title=The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZX_p5IKAxUC&pg=PA282|access-date=26 November 2010|year=2000|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-7923-6439-9|pages=101, 282–283}}</ref><ref name="McColl2005">{{cite book |last=McColl |first=R.W. |title=Encyclopedia of World Geography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJgnebGbAB8C&pg=PA57 |access-date=26 November 2010 |year=2005 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0-8160-5786-3 |page=57}}</ref><ref name="EarleGlover2008">{{cite book |last1=Earle |first1=Sylvia A. |last2=Glover |first2=Linda K. |title=Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sluNhV-8pbwC&pg=PA112 |access-date=26 November 2010 |year=2008 |publisher=National Geographic Books |isbn=978-1-4262-0319-0 |page=112}}</ref><ref name="Reddy2001">{{cite book |last=Reddy |first=M. P. M. |title=Descriptive Physical Oceanography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2NC3JmKI7mYC&pg=PA8 |access-date=26 November 2010 |year=2001 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-90-5410-706-4 |page=8}}</ref><ref name="DayGarratt2006">{{cite book |last1=Day |first1=Trevor |last2=Garratt |first2=Richard |title=Oceans |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VY9mCXOXIvQC&pg=PA21 |access-date=26 November 2010 |year=2006 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-0-8160-5327-8 |page=21}}</ref>