Table 3.13. Approximate Physical Dimensions of Selected Estuarine Study Areas. 
Watershed 
Surface 
fy 
Area, KM 2 
Ranking 
Area, KM 
Ranking 
Galveston Bay 
32,510 
8 
1,600 
4 
Narragansett Bay 
4,800 
10 
285 
12 
Long Island Sound 
42,000 
4 
3,200 
2 
New York Bay 
38,000 
5 
390 
10 
Delaware Bay a , 
33,000 
7 
1,942 
3 
Chesapeake Bay 
110,000 
2 
11,500 
1 
Patuxent Estuary 
2,200 
12 
122 
15 
Potomic Estuary 
38,000 
5 
1,251 
5 
Pamlico Estuary 
11,000 
9 
305 
11 
Apalachicola Bay 
44,000 
3 
210 
13 
Mobile Bay 
1,070 
7 
Barataria Bay 
4,000 
11 
176 
14 
San Francisco Bay C 
160,000 
1 
1,240 
6 
Suisun Bay plus San Pablo Bay 
445 
9 
South Bay 
490 
8 
Kanaohe Bay 
97 
13 
32 
16 
“Below Smyrna River 
b Including tributaries 
including mud flats 
Source: All data except for Galveston Bay were derived from 21. Data for Galveston Bay are from 7. 
Table 3.14. Population Density (People/Acre) Surrounding Estuarine Study Areas. 
Galveston Bay 
Population Density 
1.0 
Ranking 
9 
Narragansett Bay 
1.5 
3 
Long Island Sound 
1.1 
8 
New York Bay 
3.2 
2 
Raritan Bay 
1.5 
3 
Delaware Bay 
0.3 
11 
Chesapeake Bay 
1.2 
7 
Patuxent Estuaiy 
0.4 
10 
Potomic Estuary 
0.1 
13 
Pamlico Estuary 
<0.1 
14 
Apalachicola Bay 
0.3 
11 
Mobile Bay 
1.5 
3 
Barataria Bay 
2.3 
3 
San Francisco Bay 
4.6 
1 
Source: All data except for Galveston Bay were derived from 21. Data for Galveston Bay are from 1,17. 
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