Chesapeake Bay
estuary in the U.S. states of Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, and Virginia
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Summary
Chesapeake Bay is an estuary[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of estuary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,114 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Maryland[3], Virginia[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Continent: North America[6]
- Instance of: bay[7]
- Basin country: United States[8]
- Commons category: Chesapeake Bay[9]
- Mouth of the watercourse: Atlantic Ocean[10]
- Coordinate location: 37.24806111111111, -76.1194388888889[11]
- Origin of the watercourse: Susquehanna River[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chesapeake Bay[13]
- Tributary: Potomac River[14], James River[15], Patuxent River[16], Choptank River[17], Rappahannock River[18], York River[19], Nanticoke River[20], Patapsco River[21], Severn River[22], Back River[23], Bush River[24], Chester River[25], Gunpowder River[26], Little Choptank River[27]
- Category for the water basin: Category:Chesapeake Bay watershed[28]
- External data available at URL: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/cba/data-tools[29], https://ecoreportcard.org/report-cards/chesapeake-bay/bay-health/[30]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], New International Encyclopedia[34]
- Heritage designation: Ramsar site[35]
- Native label: Chesapeake Bay[36]
- Length: 320[37]
- Area: 11,601[38]
- Volume as quantity: 81,829,620,000,000[39]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Chesapeake Bay include Chesapeake Bay Retriever[40], a dog breed[41] and USS Chesapeake[42], a frigate[43].
Why It Matters
Chesapeake Bay has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for it include Chesapeake Bay Retriever[40], a dog breed[41] and USS Chesapeake[42], a frigate[43].