Delaware Bay
Jersey-Pennsylvania water border
Delaware Bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean between New Jersey and Delaware, where the Delaware River meets the sea.
The bay stretches roughly fifty miles from its mouth to the river's tidal reach near Trenton.
Its shores include major ports, wetlands, and beaches that serve as critical stopover habitat for migratory shorebirds.
- salt marshesCoastal zones flooded by seawater
- marsh grassPlants of waterlogged lowlands
- horseshoe crabSpike-tailed marine arthropod
- tidal flatsCoastline exposed at low water
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
estuary · brackish water · shipping routes · commercial fishing · eelgrass · migratory birds · oysters · Dover · fishing industry · sandbars · striped bass · habitat restoration · Jersey Shore · blue crabs · climate change adaptation · tidal surge · ferries · aquaculture
Delaware Bayfreshwater lake
Inland unsalted water body
Lake Superior · Lake Erie · inland lake · mountain lake · pond
Delaware Bayopen ocean
Sea far from shore
Atlantic Ocean · high seas · open sea · Pacific Ocean · mid-Atlantic