Suisun Bay

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bay body of water tidal estuary

Suisun Bay is a shallow tidal estuary in Northern California that forms part of the greater San Francisco Bay system and serves as a key confluence for the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Suisun Bay shipping channel 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
body of water ⓘ
tidal estuary ⓘ
administeredBy California Department of Fish and Wildlife ⓘ
surface form: California Department of Fish and Wildlife (resource management)

United States Coast Guard ⓘ
surface form: United States Coast Guard (navigational safety)
connectsTo Carquinez Pass ⓘ
surface form: Carquinez Strait

Grizzly Bay ⓘ
San Pablo Bay ⓘ
Suisun Slough ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
drainageBasin Sacramento River and San Joaquin River ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento–San Joaquin watershed
ecoregion San Francisco Bay ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco Estuary
hasAnchorage National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay ⓘ
surface form: Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
hasCharacteristic brackish water ⓘ
shallow ⓘ
tidal ⓘ
hasMilitaryHistory Port Chicago Naval Magazine site ⓘ
surface form: Port Chicago disaster
hasNavigationChannel Suisun Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Suisun Bay shipping channel
hasNearbyProtectedArea Grizzly Island Wildlife Area ⓘ
Suisun Marsh ⓘ
hasPortFacility Port Chicago Naval Magazine site ⓘ
Port of Benicia ⓘ
hasSalinityRegime estuarine ⓘ
influences water quality of San Francisco Bay ⓘ
isConfluenceOf Sacramento River and San Joaquin River ⓘ
locatedEastOf San Pablo Bay ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Contra Costa County ⓘ
surface form: Contra Costa County, California

Northern California ⓘ
Solano County ⓘ
surface form: Solano County, California
locatedNear City of Benicia, California ⓘ
Martinez, California ⓘ
surface form: City of Martinez, California

Pittsburg, California ⓘ
surface form: City of Pittsburg, California

City of Suisun City, California ⓘ
locatedWestOf Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ
mouthOfWatercourse Sacramento River ⓘ
San Joaquin River ⓘ
partOf Pacific Flyway ⓘ
surface form: Pacific Flyway ecosystem

Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ
surface form: Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta estuary system

San Francisco Bay ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
receivesInflowFrom Sacramento River ⓘ
San Joaquin River ⓘ
usedFor commercial fishing ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
sport fishing ⓘ
waterway Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Solano County → bordersBodyOfWater → Suisun Bay ⓘ
Carquinez Pass → connects → Suisun Bay ⓘ
Sacramento River → emptiesInto → Suisun Bay ⓘ
Suisun Bay → hasNavigationChannel → Suisun Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suisun Bay shipping channel
Fairfield → hasNearbyBodyOfWater → Suisun Bay ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairfield, California
San Francisco Bay → hasPart → Suisun Bay ⓘ
Sacramento River → mouth → Suisun Bay ⓘ