USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where is the Delaware Bay (select 2)?
A
In between Maryland
B
East of Delaware
C
South of New Jersey
D
East of Virginia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Delaware Bay, inlet of the North Atlantic Ocean, on the east coast of the United States, forming part of the New Jersey–Delaware state border.

Detailed explanation-2: -The river flows southeast for 78 miles through rural regions along the New York-Pennsylvania border to Port Jervis and Shawangunk Ridge.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Delaware Estuary stretches 134 miles from the Trenton falls to the mouth of the Delaware Bay between Cape May, NJ and Cape Henlopen, DE. Approximately 8 million people live within the Delaware Estuary’s watershed, many depend on it for food and drinking water.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Delaware River is non-tidal for roughly 200 miles, from Trenton, N.J. north to its headwaters in New York State.

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