2. Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel from 10,000 feet

3.  An area of land that is drained by a river or other body of water.

4. In Va. Beach, everything that goes down the storm drains goes straight into the bay or the ocean.

5. Remember the 6 states it covers:  Virginia  West Virginia  Maryland  Delaware  Pennsylvania  New York 64,000 sq. miles!

6. Fact #1  Largest estuary in N. America.  200 mi. long x 30 mi. wide.

7. Fact #2  Average depth is __ feet deep.  Deepest spot is near Annapolis, MD = ___ feet. 21 180

8. Fact #3  _________ explored & wrote a lot about the Bay. He recorded that the average size of oysters here were the size of ____________  “Chesapeake Bay” means __________________ John Smith a man’s boot! “Great Shellfish Bay.”

11. Step #1 35 mya a meteorite struck offshore, generating a crater that punched down into the basement rock.

13. Step #2 Water from the coast drained in, forming the Susquehanna river valley about 12,000 y.a. 1959 Whirlpool in the Susquehanna River caused by a collapsing coal mine.

14. Step #3 Glaciation scoured out the upper river valley.

15. Step #4 Glaciers melted & sea level rose, flooding the river valley.