Landforms of Bristol County, Rhode Island - Rivers of Bristol County, Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay, Palmer River, Mount Hope, Kickamuit River (Paperback)

Chapters: Rivers of Bristol County, Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay, Palmer River, Mount Hope, Kickamuit River, Barrington River, Warren River. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: ) Narragansett Bay, boxed in red, in relation to Rhode IslandNarragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound. Covering 147 mi (380 km), the Bay forms New England's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor, and includes a small archipelago. This bay is mostly within the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, but small parts of it extend into Massachusetts. Of over thirty islands in the Bay, the three largest ones are Aquidneck Island, Conanicut Island, and Prudence Island. Bodies of water that are part of Narragansett Bay include the Sakonnet River; Mount Hope Bay; and the southern, tidal part of the Taunton River. The bay opens on Rhode Island SoundBlock Island lies less than 20 miles (32 km) southwest of its openingand the Atlantic Ocean. Narragansett Bay can be seen in NOAA chart 13221 Providence, at the head of the Narragansett Bay Fall River, at the Northeast part of the BayProvidence, the Rhode Island state capital and largest city, sits on the west side of the head of the northernmost arm of the bay. Many of Providence's suburbs, including Warwick and Cranston, are also on the bay. Newport, the home of the United States Naval War College, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, and a major United States Navy training center, is located at the south end of Aquidneck Island, on the ocean. The city of Fall River, Massachusetts is located at the confluence of the Taunton River and Mount Hope Bay, which form the northeasternmost part of Narragansett Bay. The southwest side of the bay include the seaside tourist t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=437456