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Located within the Gulf of Maine watershed, the Great Bay Estuary is a drowned river valley composed of high-energy tidal waters, deep channels and fringing mudflats. The entire estuary extends inland from the mouth of the Piscataqua River between Kittery, Maine, and New Castle, New Hampshire through Little Bay into Great Bay proper at Furber Strait, a distance of 12 miles (19 km).
The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve encompasses a diversity of land and water areas around Great Bay, an estuary in southeastern New Hampshire.Protected lands cover 10,235 acres (4,142 ha), including approximately 7,300 acres (3,000 ha) [1] of open water and wetlands that include salt marshes, rocky shores, bluffs, woodlands, open fields, and riverine systems and tidal waters.
Both Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, and the Karner Blue butterfly easement in Concord, New Hampshire, which protects important habitat for this federally endangered species, are managed by the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The refuge has a surface area of 1,116 acres (4.52 km 2). [1]
The Coast Guard says it has rescued three people without injury who were found clinging to the hull of a capsized vessel off the New Jersey coast. Officials said the operator of the 18-foot (5.5 ...
Two rivers, the Salmon Falls and Cochecho, join to form the Piscataqua on the eastern edge of Dover, New Hampshire, at the northwest corner of Eliot, Maine. Five rivers with tidal stretches flow into Great Bay: the Bellamy, Oyster, Lamprey, Squamscott, and Winnicut, and the Great Works River drains into the tidal portion of the Salmon Falls.
Long Point Rd. near Great Bay shore in the Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newington, New Hampshire Coordinates 43°4′45″N 70°51′29″W / 43.07917°N 70.85806°W / 43.07917; -70
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Great Bay may refer to: Great Bay (New Hampshire), a tidal estuary in southeastern New Hampshire; Great Bay (New Jersey), a tidal estuary north of Atlantic City; Great Bay, Tasmania. a locality in Australia; Greater Bay Area, a megalopolis in South China