Woodland Beach Wildlife Area
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Woodland Beach Wildlife Area is a State Wildlife Area
located in Kent County
, Delaware
, along shore of the Delaware Bay
. It is 6320 acre (2,558 ha) in size and is managed by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
(DNREC), Division of Fish & Wildlife.
Much of the area is a transgressive
brackish
marsh
.
39°20′N 75°30′W
Delaware State Wildlife Areas
The State of Delaware maintains the following State Wildlife Areas, which are maintained by the DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife.*Augustine Wildlife Area*Blackbird Reserve Wildlife Area*C&D Canal Wildlife Area*Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area...
located in Kent County
Kent County, Delaware
Kent County is a county located in the central part of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is coextensive with the Dover, Delaware, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010 the population was 162,310, a 28.1% increase over the previous decade. The county seat is Dover, the state capital...
, Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
, along shore of the Delaware Bay
Delaware Bay
Delaware Bay is a major estuary outlet of the Delaware River on the Northeast seaboard of the United States whose fresh water mixes for many miles with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It is in area. The bay is bordered by the State of New Jersey and the State of Delaware...
. It is 6320 acre (2,558 ha) in size and is managed by Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control of the state of Delaware is the primary body concerned with the governance of public land, natural resources, and environmental regulations for the state. DNREC is composed of several Divisions that have correlates in other U.S...
(DNREC), Division of Fish & Wildlife.
Much of the area is a transgressive
Transgression (geology)
A marine transgression is a geologic event during which sea level rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, resulting in flooding. Transgressions can be caused either by the land sinking or the ocean basins filling with water...
brackish
Brackish marsh
Brackish marshes develop by salt marshes where a significant freshwater influx dilute the seawater to brackish levels of salinity. This commonly happens upstream salt marshes by estuaries of coastal rivers or near the mouths of coastal rivers with heavy freshwater discharges in the conditions of...
marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....
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39°20′N 75°30′W