Chesapeake Bay Basin
The Chesapeake Bay Basin is named for the nation’s largest estuary, the Chesapeake Bay.
Photo: Battle-ready blue crab, by Joe Hengel
Watersheds in the Chesapeake Bay Basin
Bohemia Creek • Broad Creek • C & D Canal West • Chester River • Choptank River • Deep Creek • Elk Creek • Gravelly Branch • Gum Branch • Marshyhope Creek • Nanticoke River • Perch Creek • Pocomoke River • Sassafras River • Wicomico
Bohemia Creek • Broad Creek • C & D Canal West • Chester River • Choptank River • Deep Creek • Elk Creek • Gravelly Branch • Gum Branch • Marshyhope Creek • Nanticoke River • Perch Creek • Pocomoke River • Sassafras River • Wicomico
Quick Facts
- Size: 1,803.7 square miles
- Size (DE only): 702.0 square miles
- 2019 U.S. Census Bureau Population: 326,345
- 2019 U.S. Census Bureau Population (DE only): 116,275
- States: DE, PA and MD
- Counties: DE: New Castle, Kent, Sussex | PA: Chester | MD: Cecil, Kent, Caroline, Wicomico