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  2. Bay - Wikipedia

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    The bay of Baracoa, Cuba. A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. [1] [2] [3] A large bay is usually called a gulf, sea, sound, or bight. A cove is a small, circular bay with a narrow entrance. A fjord is an elongated bay formed by glacial action ...

  3. Narragansett Bay - Wikipedia

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    Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering 147 square miles (380 km 2), 120.5 square miles (312 km 2) of which is in Rhode Island. [1] The bay forms New England 's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor and includes a small archipelago. [ 2 ]

  4. Chesapeake Bay - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of bays of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Anchor Bay; Ashmun Bay; Au Train Bay; Bete Grise Bay; Big Bay de Noc; Brest Bay; East Moran Bay; Good Harbor Bay; Grand Traverse Bay; Green Bay; Hammond Bay; Huron Bay

  6. Florida Bay - Wikipedia

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    Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys in the United States. It is a large, shallow estuary that while connected to the Gulf of Mexico, has limited exchange of water due to shallow mudbanks dividing the bay into many basins or lakes.

  7. New York Harbor - Wikipedia

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    New York Harbor [1] [2] [3] is a bay that covers all of the Upper Bay and an extremely small portion of the Lower Bay. It is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York/New Jersey Bight near the East River tidal estuary, and then into the Atlantic Ocean on the East Coast of the United States.

  8. Bay Area Rapid Transit Fast Facts - AOL

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    Read Fast Facts from CNN about the San Francisco Bay Area’s rapid transit system which is referred to as BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit).

  9. San Francisco Bay - Wikipedia

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    San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. San Francisco Bay drains water from approximately 40 percent of California.