The four main rivers that flow into the Chesapeake Bay are the Potomac, the Rappahannock, the York, and the James.
Chesapeake bay is an estuary - which means it is a large body of brackish water between the ocean and the rivers and streams that feed it. Estuaries don't contain rivers, they are FED by rivers. Chesapeake bay is fed by the Susquehanna river, Patapso river, Chester river, Choptank River, Patuxent river, Nanticoke river, Potomac River, Pocomoke river, Rappahannock river, York river, James river, Wicomico river, and a lot of smaller streams.
rain and snow wash the soil into rivers to drain into the bay
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As more than 150 rivers and streams drain into the Bay you need to be specific.
Much of the transportation was by boat. Cities grew up at the fall lines of rivers- rapids where a boat had to stop.
Chesapeake Bay is located to the east of Washington DC.Chesapeake bay
Chesapeake Bay,Susquehanna River,Potomac River
The Appalachian Mountains, along with a lot of rivers and lakes plus the Chesapeake Bay.
the fall line
The Chesapeake Bay retriever was a breed that was founded on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. The bay was there long before the dog.
The colony that was on the Chesapeake Bay was the Chesapeake Bay Colony.