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Maryland possesses a variety of topography within its borders, contributing to its nickname America in Miniature.It ranges from sandy dunes dotted with seagrass in the east, to low marshlands teeming with wildlife and large bald cypress near the Chesapeake Bay, to gently rolling hills of oak forests in the Piedmont Region, and pine groves in the Maryland mountains to the west.
Physical regions of Maryland. Maryland has an area of 12,406.68 square miles (32,133.2 km 2) and is comparable in overall area with Belgium [11,787 square miles (30,530 km 2)]. [50] It is the 42nd-largest and 9th-smallest state and is closest in size to the state of Hawaii [10,930.98 square miles (28,311.1 km 2)], the next smallest state.
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Battle Creek Cypress Swamp: April 1965: Prince Frederick: Calvert: private (The Nature Conservancy) One of the northernmost sites of naturally occurring bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) trees in North America, and the only large stand of the trees on the western shore of Maryland.
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.
Maryland geography-related lists (2 C, 18 P) B. Borders of Maryland (12 P) C. Maryland counties (37 C, 25 P) County seats in Maryland (5 C, 22 P) F. Forests of ...
The location of the state of Maryland in the United States of America The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Maryland: Maryland – U.S. state located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States , bordering Virginia , West Virginia , and the District of Columbia to its south and west ...
Canyons and gorges of Maryland (1 P) Caves of Maryland (4 P) Chesapeake Bay watershed (9 C, 60 P) I. Islands of Maryland (3 C, 3 P) M. Mountain ranges of Maryland (3 ...
Southern Maryland, also referred to as SoMD, is a geographical, cultural and historic region in Maryland composed of the state's southernmost counties on the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. According to the state of Maryland, the region includes all of Calvert , Charles , and St. Mary's counties and the southern portions of Anne Arundel ...