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The Chesapeake Bay is an important geographic feature in [[Maryland]] and [[Virginia]]. The Bay watershed drains 64,000 square miles of land. Aproximately 200 miles long and between 4 to 30 miles wide, the Chesapeake Bay is one of the major estuaries of the eastern seaboard of the United States. <ref>http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/education/faq/ques1.html</ref>
The Chesapeake Bay is an important geographic feature in [[Maryland]] and [[Virginia]]. The Bay watershed drains 64,000 square miles of land. Aproximately 200 miles long and between 4 to 30 miles wide, the Chesapeake Bay is one of the major estuaries of the eastern seaboard of the United States. <ref>http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/education/faq/ques1.html</ref>
Today, many researchers believe that they have found evidence of an asteroid or comet impact in what is now the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. That would make this impact one of the most significant cosmic impacts to ever strike what is now the continental United States. Scientists believe that the impacting object generated immense [[tsunami]] waves more than 2000 feet high and at the same time kicked up a dust and debris cloud.<ref>http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/east_coast_asteroid_010320.html</ref>
The bay, its rivers and wetlands are part of a complex system which provides sanctuary for complex and intertwined groups of species. Many types of fish begin their life here or migrate through these waters. Shellfish such as crabs, clams and oysters are abundant. Grasses, plankton and other plant life help support the web of life found here. <ref>http://www.chesapeakebay.net/about.htm</ref>
The bay, its rivers and wetlands are part of a complex system which provides sanctuary for complex and intertwined groups of species. Many types of fish begin their life here or migrate through these waters. Shellfish such as crabs, clams and oysters are abundant. Grasses, plankton and other plant life help support the web of life found here. <ref>http://www.chesapeakebay.net/about.htm</ref>