San Francisco Bay

The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. Technically, the Sacramento River flows into Suisun Bay, which flows through the Carquinez Strait to meet with the Napa River at the entrance to San Pablo Bay, which connects at its south end to San Francisco Bay, although the entire group of interconnected bays are often referred to as "the San Francisco Bay."

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Estuary - California - Sacramento - San Joaquin - River - Sierra Nevada - Mountain - Pacific Ocean - Suisun Bay - Carquinez Strait - Napa River - San Pablo Bay

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San Francisco Bay is located in the US state of California, surrounded by a contiguous region known as the San Francisco Bay Area, dominated by the big cities San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.

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US - California - San Francisco Bay Area - San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose

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