The Chesapeake Bay stretches 332 kilometers from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Sources
- Fact Sheet 102-98 - The Chesapeake Bay: Geologic Product of Rising Sea Level (pubs.usgs.gov)
- https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/ches.html (msa.maryland.gov)
- https://www.chesapeakebay.net/discover/bay-facts?categories=bay-geography (chesapeakebay.net)
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