Mid-Atlantic coast
Delaware Bay region
The Mid-Atlantic coast is the stretch of Atlantic Ocean shoreline running roughly from New York to Virginia, encompassing New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
The region marks a transition zone between New England and the South, with barrier islands, estuaries, and the Chesapeake Bay: We spent summers on the Mid-Atlantic coast.
Sometimes extended to include North Carolina.
- barrier islandsCoastal sand formations blocking waves
- wild poniesUndomesticated small equines
- hurricanesPowerful tropical rotating windstorms
- salt marshesCoastal zones flooded by seawater
- colonial settlementsEstablished communities in claimed territories
commercial fishing · lighthouses · crabs · capes · migratory birds · estuaries · bays · Chesapeake Bay · brackish water · tidal creeks · Outer Banks · watermen · naval bases · sand dunes · blue crabs · tidal marshes · marsh grass · oysters
Mid-Atlantic coastWest Coast
America's sunset shore
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Mid-Atlantic coastGreat Plains
Central North American grassland
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