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Coastlines & Bays

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A few of the words

CHESAPEAKE
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States, draining parts of six states before meeting the Atlantic near Virginia Beach.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PUGET
Puget Sound in Washington State is a deep fjord-like inlet carved by glaciers during the last Ice Age, stretching roughly 100 miles from north to south.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
BUZZARDS
Buzzards Bay off the Massachusetts coast connects to Cape Cod Canal, a busy shortcut that saves vessels a long trip around the Cape's outer arm.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GALVESTON
Galveston Bay on the Texas Gulf Coast is one of the busiest commercial waterways in the country, feeding into the Port of Houston.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Coastlines & Bays word search — free and large-print — where salt air, tidal flats, and open water shape the American shore.

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From the rocky headlands of Maine to the sun-warmed Gulf shores of Alabama, America's coastline stretches across thousands of miles of beach, marsh, and open bay. Broad estuaries like the Chesapeake filter the land's runoff into the sea, while barrier islands buffer the mainland from Atlantic storms. On the Pacific side, sheltered waters like Puget Sound carve deep into the landscape, giving sailors and shoreside towns a calm place between the mountains and the open ocean.

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    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
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    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
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    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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