San Rafael Bay
Encyclopedia
San Rafael Bay is an embayment of San Pablo Bay
, the northern portion of the larger San Francisco Bay
, on the west coast of the United States
.
The bay is located along the Marin County
coast in county waters adjacent to the city of the same name
. The embayment hosts the Marin Islands
and the San Rafael Creek
estuary; the river drains into the bay.
San Pablo Bay
San Pablo Bay is a tidal estuary that forms the northern extension of San Francisco Bay in northern California in the United States. Most of the Bay is shallow; however, there is a deep water channel approximately in mid bay, which allows access to Sacramento, Stockton, Benicia, Martinez, and...
, the northern portion of the larger San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
, on the west coast of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The bay is located along the Marin County
Marin County, California
Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...
coast in county waters adjacent to the city of the same name
San Rafael, California
San Rafael is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area...
. The embayment hosts the Marin Islands
Marin Islands
Marin Islands are the two islands, East Marin and West Marin, situated offshore from San Rafael, California in the San Pablo Bay extension of San Francisco Bay. The islands comprise the Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1992...
and the San Rafael Creek
San Rafael Creek
San Rafael Creek is a watercourse in Marin County, California, USA that discharges to San Rafael Bay, a small embayment of the San Francisco Bay. The mouth of San Rafael Creek is a channelized estuary through an industrial area...
estuary; the river drains into the bay.