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In the article Estuary, It says that an estuary is typically the tidal mouth of a river. Webster's dictionary states that an estuary is the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix. That's more than enough to prove that Narragansett Bay is in fact a bay. Also the article bay states that a bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. If you look at the map in the article it clearly shows that Narragansett Bay is bordered by water on 3 sides. Please don't change that for it is the wrong term. I'm sorry if I had blasted you on the first discussion note. You did use the wrong term and the term bay must stand.

I was wrong. Looking at more sources some call it a bay while others call it an estuary or an inlet.

70.105.202.87, please sign your edits with four ~s so I/We know who you are and when you edited without having to drill down, just a curtesy thing, if you please..otherwise don't :) ..also, I will research more and provide sources, but it does look like estuary should be used in article...as an aside, not that it matters, my house stands 10 feet from the Bay :) Tom 01:15, 9 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Would someone knowledgeable please include BC or CE dates for all those in BP (as BP is infrequently used outside the scientific community)? 98.179.177.24 (talk) 22:30, 5 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bay vs Estuary

Went with estuary. S.F. Bay did same thing not that we need to copy them or that they are end all. --Tom 01:39, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whoop, I added a link to estuary in the article before reading this talk page and discovering the issue has been debated. The article has the estuary category, but doesn't mention in the body that the bay is an estuary. For what it's worth, the wikipedia article on estuary is a bit misleading, I think, with its mention of "triangular shape" and so on. Also, the definition of a bay as having water on three sides is not always true. Finally, the terms bay, estuary, and inlet are not mutually exclusive. Narragansett is all three. The website where I was reading about Narragansett Bay as estuary is the EPA's National Estuary Program: http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/programs/nb.htm Pfly 02:33, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

fishing?

I read in an old World Book it was second in scallops but no mention here.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.110.221.182 (talk • contribs)

If you provide link, I would be happy to work it into the article. Cheers! --Tom 15:07, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Mystery Wreck

I just deleted this section, since it doesn't strike me as relevant to the long-term notability of the bay. Any objections? --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:16, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]