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name = Chesapeake Bay Name used in the default map caption; image = USA MD and Virginia location map crop.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 39.94 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 36.35 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -77.91 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal ...
name = Chesapeake Bay Name used in the default map caption; image = USA MD and Virginia location map crop.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 39.94 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 36.35 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -77.91 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal ...
The watershed of the entire Chesapeake Bay covers 165,760 km 2 (approximately 64,000 mi 2 or 41 million acres [3] [4]). With an estuary water body area of only 11,600 km 2 (4,479 mi 2), [5] the land-to-water ratio is about 14:1. [6] Therefore, the rivers flowing into the Chesapeake Bay have a large influence on water quality in the estuary.
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.
The Chesapeake Bay is a major North American bay, estuary, and geographic region and is located in the central Intracoastal Waterway area of the East Coast of the United States, in Maryland and Virginia.
Map of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed The main article for this category is Chesapeake Bay . The Chesapeake Bay Watershed at 64,299 sq mi (166,530 km 2 ) is the largest watershed of the Atlantic Seaboard of North America and includes much of Virginia and Maryland , as well as parts of West Virginia , Delaware , Pennsylvania , and New York and all ...
The Chesapeake Gateways and Watertrails Network, originally the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, was established through the authority of the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act, which was passed by the United States Congress in 1998 in order "to establish a linked network of locations, such as parks, historic seaports, or museums—known as gateways—where the public can access and experience the ...
The Chesapeake Bay impact crater is a buried impact crater, located beneath the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, United States. It was formed by a bolide that struck the eastern shore of North America about 35.5 ± 0.3 million years ago, in the late Eocene epoch.