Atlantic Seaboard
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 The Eastern Seaboard is the eastern area of the Atlantic Ocean watershed.
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Not to be confused with East Coast of the United States.
The Eastern Seaboard is an area of North America along both the East Coast of the United States and the portion of the Atlantic Canada coast that is south of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The relatively narrow continental area[specify] is demarcated by the Eastern Continental Divide (ECD) to the west and the Saint Lawrence River divide to the north. Adjacent to the two divides are two respective sets of watersheds which include the following (the Delaware Bay watershed is not adjacent to either divide, but is of comparable size and geographically separates the two sets):
- Gulf of Maine: >8,072 square miles (20,910 km2) drainage area[clarification needed]
- Long Island Sound: >11,250 square miles (29,100 km2)[clarification needed]
- Lower New York Bay: >14,000 square miles (36,000 km2)[clarification needed]
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- Delaware Bay: >14,119 square miles (36,570 km2)[clarification needed]
- Chesapeake Bay: 64,299 square miles (166,530 km2)
- Albemarle Sound:[specify]
- Winyah Bay:[specify]
- Santee River:[specify]
- Savannah River: 9,850 square miles (25,500 km2)
- St. Johns River: 8,840 square miles (22,900 km2)
- Miami River: 2,800 square miles (7,300 km2)
For the triple watershed points that identify these subdividing drainages of the Eastern Seaboard, see Eastern Continental Divide.
[edit] References
For references regarding this watershed, see Eastern Continental Divide.
