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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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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

“Delaware’s continuing bait harvest is taking its toll on the horseshoe crab population that uses the Delaware Bay shore for spawning,” Mr. Cottrell said.

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

Congress banned the manufacture of PCBs in 1979, but PCB contamination persists in the Delaware River, Delaware Bay and several inland waterways in Delaware.

From Seattle Times Jul. 11, 2022

In less than two days he and the terns and willets reached Delaware Bay.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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