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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Sodwana Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Sodwana Bay is located on the east coast of South Africa, between St. Lucia and Lake Sibhayi.

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 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 ...

Tomales Bay

Water bodies; Bays

Tomales Bay is a long narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County in northern California in the United States. It is approximately 15 miles long and averages nearly 1 mile wide, effectively ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...