Chesapeake Bay

Summary

Chesapeake Bay is an estuary^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of estuary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,347 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chesapeake Bay is located in Maryland^[3].
• Chesapeake Bay is located in Virginia^[4].
• Chesapeake Bay is in the country of United States^[5].
• Chesapeake Bay's image is recorded as AerialviewoftheentrancetotheChesapeakeBayBridgeTunnel.jpg^[6].
• Chesapeake Bay's continent is recorded as North America^[7].
• Chesapeake Bay's instance of is recorded as estuary^[8].
• Chesapeake Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[9].
• Chesapeake Bay's basin country is recorded as United States^[10].
• Chesapeake Bay's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316431890^[11].
• Chesapeake Bay's GND ID is recorded as 4085241-6^[12].
• Chesapeake Bay's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85023111^[13].
• Chesapeake Bay's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 17130426q^[14].
• Chesapeake Bay's IdRef ID is recorded as 145554228^[15].
• Chesapeake Bay's Commons category is recorded as Chesapeake Bay^[16].
• Chesapeake Bay's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 11884052^[17].
• Chesapeake Bay's mouth of the watercourse is recorded as Atlantic Ocean^[18].
• Chesapeake Bay's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 597227^[19].
• Chesapeake Bay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.24806111111111, 'lon': -76.1194388888889}^[20].
• Chesapeake Bay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g66h^[21].
• Chesapeake Bay's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge765333^[22].
• Chesapeake Bay's origin of the watercourse is recorded as Susquehanna River^[23].
• Chesapeake Bay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chesapeake Bay^[24].
• Chesapeake Bay's page banner is recorded as WV banner Chesapeake Bay panorama.jpg^[25].
• Chesapeake Bay's National Library of Israel ID is recorded as 000659514^[26].
• Chesapeake Bay's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX4936459^[27].

Body

Geography

Chesapeake Bay is in the country of United States^[5]. Located in include Maryland^[3], an U.S. state^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1788^[30] and Virginia^[4], an U.S. state^[31], in United States^[32], founded in 1788^[33]. Its continent is recorded as North America^[7].

Physical Characteristics

Chesapeake Bay's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+11601'}^[34]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+320'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include estuary^[8] and bay^[9]. Chesapeake Bay's heritage designation is recorded as Ramsar site^[36].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Chesapeake Bay include Chesapeake Bay Retriever^[37], a dog breed^[38] and USS Chesapeake^[39], a frigate^[40].

Why It Matters

Chesapeake Bay ranks in the top 2% of estuary entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,347 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include Chesapeake Bay Retriever^[37], a dog breed^[38] and USS Chesapeake^[39], a frigate^[40].