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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.
- 21 ft (6.4 m)
- United States
- 4,479 sq mi (11,600 km²)
Baía de Chesapeake, vista de satélite. A baía de Chesapeake (em inglês: Chesapeake Bay) é o maior estuário nos Estados Unidos. Desemboca no oceano Atlântico, e está cercada pelos estados americanos de Maryland e Virgínia. A baía de Chesapeake cobre cerca de 166 534 km² no Distrito de Columbia, Nova Iorque, Pensilvânia ...
Toll. $4.00 (eastbound only) Location. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge (also known locally as the Bay Bridge) is a major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland. Spanning the Chesapeake Bay, it connects the state's rural Eastern Shore region with the urban Western Shore, between Stevensville and the capital city of Annapolis. The original span ...
- 1,600 ft (488 m)
- 4.35 mi (7.00 km) (eastbound), 4.33 mi (6.97 km) (westbound)
- July 30, 1952 (eastbound), June 28, 1973 (westbound)
- Chesapeake Bay
Há 1 dia · Chesapeake Bay, largest inlet in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the eastern United States. Created by the submergence of the lower courses of the Susquehanna River and its tributaries, it is 193 miles (311 km) long and 3 to 25 miles (5 to 40 km) wide. The southern part of the bay is bordered by Virginia and its northern part by Maryland.
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A baía de Chesapeake ( em inglês: Chesapeake Bay) é o maior estuário nos Estados Unidos. Desemboca no oceano Atlântico, e está cercada pelos estados americanos de Maryland e Virgínia. A baía de Chesapeake cobre cerca de 166 534 km² no Distrito de Columbia, Nova Iorque, Pensilvânia, Delaware, Maryland, Virgínia e Virgínia Ocidental.
The bay's watershed covers 64,299 square miles (166,534 km 2) in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. More than 150 rivers and streams drain into it. The Chesapeake Bay is about 200 miles (300 km) long, from the Susquehanna River in the north to the Atlantic ...
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest inlet in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and forms the largest estuary in the United States. It is one of the most productive bodies of water in the world. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia.