An estuarine bay on the U.S. Atlantic coast between the states of Delaware and New Jersey, formed where the Delaware River meets the ocean. Its shores host one of the largest horseshoe crab spawning populations in the world, a critical stopover for migratory shorebirds.
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Source Delaware Bay (Wikipedia)
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1. Delaware Bay (Wikipedia)
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Delaware Bay is the ria of the Delaware River, i.e. the drowned river valley that had been the river’s alluvial plain in periods of lower sea level during the Quaternary glaciation.
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