Chesapeake Bay
Largest estuary in the United States.
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Annapolis, Maryland
Capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland as well as the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County.
Capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland as well as the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County.
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Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, 25 mi south of Baltimore and about 30 mi east of Washington, D.C., Annapolis forms part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area.
Harford County, Maryland
Located in the U.S. state of Maryland.
Located in the U.S. state of Maryland.
The first European to see the area was John Smith in 1608 when he traveled up the Chesapeake Bay from Jamestown.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
Independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach is the largest city in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
Susquehanna River
Major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South.
Major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South.
The river empties into the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay at Perryville and Havre de Grace, Maryland, providing half of the Bay's freshwater inflow.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Major dual-span bridge in the U.S. state of Maryland.
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.
Estuary
Partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
Partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
Water depths rarely exceed 30 m. Examples of this type of estuary in the U.S. are the Hudson River, Chesapeake Bay, and Delaware Bay along the Mid-Atlantic coast, and Galveston Bay and Tampa Bay along the Gulf Coast.
Eastern Shore of Maryland
The Eastern Shore of Maryland is a part of the U.S. state of Maryland that lies mostly on the east side of the Chesapeake Bay.
Kent Island (Maryland)
Kent Island is the largest island in the Chesapeake Bay and a historic place in Maryland.
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water that serves as a wide channel for the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell's Point where the Chesapeake Bay flows into the Atlantic Ocean, and the surrounding metropolitan region located in the southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina portions of the Tidewater region.
Roanoke Colony
Attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
Attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.
In 1587, Raleigh sent White on an expedition to establish the "Cittie of Raleigh" in Chesapeake Bay.