A large, shallow estuary on the coast of Northern California where several rivers, chiefly the Sacramento and San Joaquin, meet the Pacific Ocean through the Golden Gate. It is the largest estuary on the Pacific coast of the Americas and a major center of shipping, wetlands and urban development.
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Maximum Depth (m) Connections
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Source San Francisco Bay - Wikipedia
Source San Francisco Bay - Wikipedia
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1. San Francisco Bay - Wikipedia
Infobox, Max. depth field
372 ft (113 m)
Infobox, Coordinates field, latitude value
37°40′N 122°16′W / 37.67°N 122.27°W
Infobox, Coordinates field, longitude value
37°40′N 122°16′W / 37.67°N 122.27°W
Shaped By: Plate Tectonics, Formation statement for target 23636
About 560,000 years ago, a tectonic shift caused the large inland Lake Corcoran to spill out from the central valley and through the Carquinez Strait, carving out sediment and forming canyons in what is now the northern part of San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate strait.
Shaped By: Sea Level Change, Formation statement for target 287776
San Francisco Bay has been filled and emptied of sea water many times during the Pleistocene in accordance with sea level changes caused by glacial advances and retreats.
View the SourceWikidata: San Francisco Bay
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