Delaware Bay

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bay estuary

Delaware Bay is a large estuary of the Delaware River on the Atlantic coast of the United States, forming part of the boundary between New Jersey and Delaware and serving as an important ecological and shipping corridor.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Delaware Bay canonical	81
Delaware River estuary	6
Delaware Bay shoreline	3
Delaware Bay estuary	2
Delaware Bay watershed	2
Delaware Bay region	1
Delaware Bay shipping channel	1
Delaware Bay wetlands	1
Delaware Estuary	1
Delaware River estuary system	1
New Jersey Delaware Bay shore	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bay ⓘ estuary ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
borderedBy	Cape May Peninsula ⓘ Delmarva Peninsula ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
formsBorderBetween	Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
hasCityOnShore	Cape May ⓘ Dover ⓘ Lewes ⓘ New Castle, Delaware ⓘ surface form: New Castle
hasEcosystemType	mudflats ⓘ salt marshes ⓘ tidal wetlands ⓘ
hasFerryRoute	Cape May–Lewes Ferry ⓘ
hasHazard	shallow sandbars ⓘ strong tidal currents ⓘ
hasPort	Port of Camden ⓘ Port of Philadelphia ⓘ Port of Wilmington ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early colonial trade route ⓘ strategic waterway in American Revolutionary War ⓘ strategic waterway in World War II ⓘ
inflow	Appoquinimink River ⓘ Brandywine Creek ⓘ Broadkill River ⓘ Christina River ⓘ Cohansey River ⓘ Delaware River ⓘ Maurice River ⓘ Mispillion River ⓘ Salem River ⓘ Schuylkill River ⓘ St. Jones River ⓘ
isPartOf	Delaware River ⓘ surface form: Delaware River watershed Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ surface form: Intracoastal Waterway
knownFor	horseshoe crab spawning grounds ⓘ important ecological corridor ⓘ important shipping corridor ⓘ migratory shorebird stopover ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic coast of the United States ⓘ Province of Delaware ⓘ surface form: Delaware New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
mouthOf	Delaware River ⓘ
ocean	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
outflow	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Delaware Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Delaware River estuary
protectedBy	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ Cape May National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ Delaware Bay National Estuary Program ⓘ Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve ⓘ Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
usedFor	commercial fishing ⓘ commercial shipping ⓘ crabbing ⓘ oyster harvesting ⓘ recreational fishing ⓘ

Referenced by (100)

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

Cape May, New Jersey, United States → locatedNear → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May, New Jersey, United States → adjacentWaterBody → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Delaware River → emptiesInto → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Delaware River → mouthLocation → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May–Lewes Ferry → operatesOn → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May–Lewes Ferry → crosses → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May–Lewes Ferry → locatedInWaterBody → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May Lighthouse → overlooks → Delaware Bay ⓘ

South Jersey → hasCoastlineOn → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May Point State Park → adjacentTo → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May Point State Park → hasViewOf → Delaware Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware Bay shipping channel

South Cape May Meadows → isLocatedNear → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May County → borderedBy → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May County → hasCoastlineOn → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Lewes, Delaware → locatedAtMouthOf → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Delaware Bay → partOf → Delaware Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware River estuary

Chester → adjacentWaterBody → Delaware Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester, Pennsylvania

this entity surface form: Delaware River estuary

Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → regionEponymOf → Delaware Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr → hasExonymDerivedFromName → Delaware Bay ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr

Delmarva Peninsula → borders → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Port of Wilmington → locatedNear → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May Ferry Terminal → locatedOnWaterbody → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May Ferry Terminal → adjacentTo → Delaware Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware Bay shoreline

New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail → locatedIn → Delaware Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delaware Bay shoreline

New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail → follows → Delaware Bay ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Jersey Delaware Bay shore

City of Cape May → locatedNear → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Atlantic Flyway → majorStopoverSite → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Lewes Ferry Terminal → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cape May Point → adjacentTo → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Sussex County → borderedBy → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Wildwood Crest → locatedNear → Delaware Bay ⓘ

Cumberland County → borders → Delaware Bay ⓘ