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= Welcome to Alison F’s and Clairese K’s Estuary Home Page! =

= Estuaries Location: =

river meets the ocean. Because there are so many estuaries,
====this page will focus on two estuaries, the Susquehanna River ====

and Chesapeake Bay Estuary, and the St. Lucia Estuary.
====Chesapeake Bay is located at    36°59′ North, 75°57′ West, and the St. Lucia Estuary at 26º 51' South, 32º 6' East. For those who can't picture exactly where that is, Chesapeake Bay is located on the east coast of the United States, about halfway between Florida and Maine. The St. Lucia estuary is in South Africa, south of Madagascar. ====

**Estuaries Climate: **
==The climate of Estuaries can vary greatly depending on where you are. The Chesapeake Bay Estuary (Maryland) has a Temperate Deciduous climate, where the St. Lucia Estuary (South Africa) has a Sub Tropical climate. The Chesapeake Bay has four seasons ( Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall). In the summer season The Chesapeake Bay experiences warm weather around 22º Celsius. During fall in Chesapeake Bay the temperatures drop slightly to 10-15º Celsius. When winter comes the average temperature is around -2º Celsius. Spring brings temperatures around 10º Celsius.On the Other hand the St. Lucia Estuary has two main seasons (Winter and Summer). When it is Winter in St. Lucia the temperature is around 9º Celsius. In the Summer Season the average temp. is about 26º Celsius. Precipitation in Chesapeake Bay is evenly dispersed throughout the year averaging about 23 cm per season. In St. Lucia the precipitation is about 4 cm in the Winter and about 9.5 cm in the Summer. ==




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