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.

Aliases (2)

Delaware River estuary ×2
Delaware Bay shipping channel ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bay → estuary →
basinCountry	United States →
borderedBy	Cape May Peninsula → Delmarva Peninsula →
country	United States →
formsBorderBetween	Delaware → New Jersey →
hasCityOnShore	Cape May → Dover → Lewes → 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 watershed → Intracoastal Waterway →
knownFor	horseshoe crab spawning grounds → important ecological corridor → important shipping corridor → migratory shorebird stopover →
locatedIn	Atlantic coast of the United States → Delaware → New Jersey →
locatedOn	Atlantic Ocean →
mouthOf	Delaware River →
ocean	Atlantic Ocean →
outflow	Atlantic Ocean →
partOf	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 (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cape May, New Jersey, United States → Chester, Pennsylvania ("Delaware River estuary") →	adjacentWaterBody
Cape May County → South Jersey →	hasCoastlineOn
Cape May Point State Park →	adjacentTo
Cape May County →	borderedBy
Cape May–Lewes Ferry →	crosses
Delaware River →	emptiesInto
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr →	hasExonymDerivedFromName
Cape May Point State Park ("Delaware Bay shipping channel") →	hasViewOf
South Cape May Meadows →	isLocatedNear
Lewes, Delaware →	locatedAtMouthOf
Cape May–Lewes Ferry →	locatedInWaterBody
Cape May, New Jersey, United States →	locatedNear
Delaware River →	mouthLocation
Cape May–Lewes Ferry →	operatesOn
Cape May Lighthouse →	overlooks
Delaware Bay ("Delaware River estuary") →	partOf
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr →	regionEponymOf