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Delaware Bay is the estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the northeast seaboard of the United States, lying between the states of Delaware and New Jersey. It is approximately 782 square miles (2,030 km 2 ) in area, [ 2 ] the bay's freshwater mixes for many miles with the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean .
Syzygium polyanthum, with common names Indonesian bay leaf or daun salam, [2] is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae, native to Indonesia, Indochina and Malaysia. [2] The leaves of the plant are traditionally used as a food flavouring, and have been shown to kill the spores of Bacillus cereus .
Beech leaf disease is a newly discovered lethal disease of beech trees believed to be caused by the nematode Litylenchus crenatae mccannii. [1] The symptoms of the disease appear as a dark green, interveinal banding pattern on the lower canopy foliage, eventually spreading throughout the tree.
Leaf area index (LAI) is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes plant canopies. It is defined as the one-sided green leaf area per unit ground surface area (LAI = leaf area / ground area, m 2 / m 2) in broadleaf canopies. [1] In conifers, three definitions for LAI have been used: Half of the total needle surface area per unit ground ...
Delaware Bay is a major stopover area for six species of migratory shorebirds that feed on its beaches and tidal flats, including most of the Western Hemisphere’s red knot population. Nearly a million birds feed on the horseshoe crab eggs on the bay’s sandy beaches. Diamondback terrapin nest on estuarine beaches along Delaware’s inland bays".
Delaware Bay Cape Henlopen Light. Author and historian, John Thomas Scharf in his book History Of Delaware, said that Delaware Bay Pilots have been piloting ships in the Delaware Bay and Delaware River since 1650. [1] By the end of the 18th-century, the Delaware pilots were an organized body of pilots.
The start of the 2021 college football season is just a week away, and Ryan Leaf has revealed his top 25 that should spark an interesting debate this Friday afternoon. Most analysts have Alabama ...
Of Delaware's inland bays, both Rehoboth Bay and Little Assawoman Bay are barbuilt estuaries, while Indian River Bay is a drowned river valley. [2] Rehoboth Bay is the northernmost of Delaware's inland bays. Its depth is generally shallow, less than 6 to 7 feet below Mean Lower Low Water. The surface area of the bay is approximately 13 square ...