Bays

Bays

A body of water partially enclosed by land, larger than a cove and smaller than a gulf. Allows access to the sea.

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Bays

San Diego Bay is a natural harbor and deepwater port adjacent to San Diego, California. The bay is surrounded by the large San Diego urban area and is bordered by the cities of San Diego, National ...

San Francisco Bay

Water bodies; Bays

San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada ...

San Leandro Bay

Water bodies; Bays

San Leandro Bay is a body of water in the San Francisco Bay. It is connected to the Oakland Estuary today, but was originally separated by land which formerly connected Alameda with Oakland. It is ...

San Pablo Bay

Water bodies; Bays

San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States. Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water channel ...

San Rafael Bay

Water bodies; Bays

San Rafael Bay is an embayment of San Pablo Bay, the northern portion of the larger San Francisco Bay, on the west coast of the United States.

The South Bay

Water bodies; Bays

The South Bay is a region of the southwest peninsula of Los Angeles County, California. The name stems from its geographic features stretching along the southern shores of Santa Monica Bay which ...

Port Royal Sound

Water bodies; Bays

Port Royal Sound is a coastal sound, or inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, located in the Sea Islands region, in Beaufort County in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the estuary of several rivers, ...