Grizzly Bay
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Grizzly Bay is a baylet of the San Francisco Bay which dips into Solano County, California
and borders Suisun Bay
. Grizzly Bay is home to many sloughs and wildlife areas in addition to the 5th Reserve Fleet which is docked off the coast of Benicia
.
Suisun Slough and Cordelia Slough
empty into Grizzly Bay.
Solano County, California
Solano County is a county located in Bay-Delta region of the U.S. state of California, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento and is one of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. The county's population was reported by the U.S. Census to be 413,344 in 2010...
and borders Suisun Bay
Suisun Bay
Suisun Bay is a shallow tidal estuary at in northern California, USA. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, forming the entrance to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, an inverted river delta...
. Grizzly Bay is home to many sloughs and wildlife areas in addition to the 5th Reserve Fleet which is docked off the coast of Benicia
Benicia, California
Benicia is a waterside city in Solano County, California, United States. It was the first city in California to be founded by Anglo-Americans, and served as the state capital for nearly thirteen months from 1853 to 1854. The population was 26,997 at the 2010 census. The city is located in the San...
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Suisun Slough and Cordelia Slough
Cordelia Slough
Cordelia Slough is a tidal watercourse which discharges to the Suisun Slough, which in turn empties into Grizzly Bay in Solano County, California. The Suisun Slough, fed by the Green River and Red Top Creek, provides a productive habitat for a diversity of aquatic flora and fauna...
empty into Grizzly Bay.
See also
- Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay AreaHydrography of the San Francisco Bay AreaThe Hydrography of the San Francisco Bay Area is a complex network of watersheds, marshes, rivers, creeks, reservoirs, and bays predominantly draining into the San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean.-Bays:...