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It covers 12,653 square kilometers (4,885 sq mi), the second largest open water estuary in the state. [2] It is classified as a bar-built estuary, formed when sandbars build up along the coastline. The sand bars block the waters behind them from the sea. Such estuaries tend to be shallow with minimal tidal action. [3]
With over 120 square miles (310 km 2) of surface area Willapa Bay is the second-largest riverine estuary on the Pacific coast of the continental United States. [2] Early settlers called the bay Shoalwater Bay and this name is found on old maps and charts of the region.
Elkhorn Slough is a 7-mile-long (11 km) [2] [3] tidal slough and estuary on Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. It is California's second largest estuary and the United States' first estuarine sanctuary. [4] The community of Moss Landing and the Moss Landing Power Plant are located at the mouth of the slough on the bay.
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An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. [1] Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environments and are an example of an ecotone .
The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is an estuary reserve in Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and is one of the most productive bodies of water in the world. The Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve reflects the diversity of estuarine habitats found within the Bay and ...
San Francisco Bay is the second-largest estuary on the Pacific coast of the Americas, following the Salish Sea in Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. [ 7 ] The bay was navigable as far south as San Jose until the 1850s, when hydraulic mining released massive amounts of sediment from the rivers that settled in those parts of the bay ...
The Chesapeake Bay (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ s ə p iː k / CHESS-ə-peek) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the state of Delaware.