Delaware Bay

American  

noun

1. an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between eastern Delaware and southern New Jersey. About 70 miles (115 kilometers) long.

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Delaware Bay

Forecasters also warned of strong winds in coastal areas, gale-force winds offshore, and moderate coastal flooding along Delaware Bay and widespread minor coastal flooding elsewhere.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

One of the most important ecosystems for horseshoe crabs is the Delaware Bay, an estuary of the Delaware River between Delaware and New Jersey.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023

The number of rufa red knot shore birds migrating via Delaware Bay beaches to Arctic breeding sites this spring rose to the highest level in four years, according to an independent annual survey.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

The first aviary focuses on shorebirds — plovers, sandpipers, sanderlings — that come to the Delaware Bay around Cape May, N.J., to munch on horseshoe crab eggs.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023

Besides that there were all kinds of environmental worries—that salinity levels below the dam would rise catastrophically, for example, devastating the ecology lower down, not least the valuable oyster beds of Delaware Bay.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson