Is Port Phillip Bay bigger than the Chesapeake bay?
Here is some comparisons on the two bays, the Chesapeake appears to be much larger: Port Phillip Bay is a large marine embayment about 1,930 km2 in areas and with a coastline length of 264 km. It originated about 8,000 years BP (before the present) when eustatic rise in sea level following an end the the last ice age resulted in flooding of the delta of the Yarra, Werribee and Little Rivers and Kororoit Creek. The Bay is extremely shallow for its size. The deepest portion is only 24 m, and half the volume is in waters shallower than 8 m. The total volume of water in the Bay is about 26 km3. The land catchment area of the Bay is 9,790 km2, which consists of 21 natural drainage basins. Of these, only eight deliver runoff directly to the Bay. Of the remainder, six contribute diffuse runoff through drains and seven contribute runoff to the Yarra River. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~phillip/env_stud.htm Chesapeake Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, c.200 mi (320 km) long, from 3 to 30 mi (4.8 –
