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Largest City State Country

Apalachee Bay Tallahassee Florida USA 412 11,900 150 3.0 30 2,813 130

Apalachicola Bay Apalachicola Florida USA 554 53,100 824 3.0 22 2,396 36

Aransas Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 539 53,900 28 3.0 15 393 85

Atchafalaya and

Vermilion Bays Port Barre Louisiana USA 1,821 260,600 6,337 2.0 1 1,870

Baffin Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 219 7,718 4 2.3 40 21

Bahía de

Cabañas Havana Havana Cuba

Bahía de

Cárdenas 250

Bahía de Cayo

Largo La Fe Pinar delRío Cuba

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Bahía de la

Habana Havana Havana Cuba 5 4 9.2

Bahía de Mariel Havana Havana Cuba

Bahía de

Matanzas Santa Marta Matanzas Cuba

Bahía de Palencia La Fé Pinar del

Río Cuba

Bahía de Santa

Lucia

Minas de

Matahambre

Pinar del

Río Cuba

Bahía Guadiana Hato Guane Pinar del

Río Cuba 675 0-10

Bahía Honda Havana Pinar del

Río Cuba

Barataria Bay New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,673 5,700 156 2.0 13

Brazos River Waco Texas USA 5 500 210 3.0 28 81

Breton and

Chandeleur

Sounds

New Orleans Louisiana USA 5,403 6,500 292 3.0 27 57

Calcasieu Lake Lake Charles Louisiana USA 256 11,100 178 1.0 12 494

Caloosahatchee

River Fort Myers Florida USA 62 3,625 4.3

Charlotte Harbor Fort Myers Florida USA 805 13,000 1 2.0 13 2,525 214

Choctawhatchee

Bay Niceville Florida USA 334 14,000 241 5.0 25 1,133 12

Copano Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA

Corpus Christi

Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 497 49,700 34 3.0 22 121 53

Crystal River and

Tarpon Springs Tampa Florida USA

Espiritu Santo Bay Port O'Connor Texas Calhoun

Estero Bay Fort Myers Florida USA 759 758

Estero Corbea Mantua Pinar del

Río Cuba

Estero de

Yucalpeten Merida Yucatan Mexico 15 1.4 32 - 48

Estuario Antigua Veracruz Veracruz Mexico

Estuario Casitas -

Nautla

Martinez de la

Torre Veracruz Mexico

Estuario

Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico 11-18 3

Estuario de

Sabancuy

Ciudad del

Carmen Campeche Mexico 1-2.5 32-37

Estuario El Prado Mantua Pinar del

Río Cuba

Estuario Frontera Frontera Tabasco Mexico

Estuario Panuco Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico 107,200

Estuario Santa

Teresa Bahía Honda Pinar delRío Cuba

Estuario Tecolutla Tecolutla Veracruz Mexico

Estuario Tonalá Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico

Florida Bay Key West Florida USA 1,393 2,800 2.0 31 1,052

Galveston Bay Galveston Texas USA 1,399 63,500 430 2.0 11 1,594 73

Grand Bay Moss Point Mississippi USA

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Laguna Alvarado Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 62 1.5

Laguna Atasta Ciudad del

Carmen Campeche México 30 1.5

Laguna CarmenMachona Cardenas Tabasco Mexico 88 3.0

Laguna Chijol Tampico Veracruz México

Laguna de

Celestun Merida Yucatan Mexico 284

Laguna de

Tamiahua Tampico Veracruz Mexico 880 2-3

Laguna de

Tampamachoco Tuxpan Veracruz Mexico 15 22.8-33.3

Laguna de

Términos

Ciudad del

Carmen Campeche Mexico 2,000

Laguna de

Yalahau (Conil) Cancun QuintanaRoo Mexico

Laguna del Ostion Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico 13 17

Laguna El

Farallon Veracruz Mexico 8

Laguna El Llano Port of

Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 23 1.7 22

Laguna Grande Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 23

Laguna La

Mancha Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 2

Laguna Madre Corpus Christi Texas USA 3,658 150,700 25 1.1 36 1,825 773

Laguna Mandinga Port of

Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 33 18

Laguna Mecoacan Cardenas Tabasco Mexico 52 19

Laguna Morales Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas Mexico 65 35

Laguna Pueblo

Viejo Tampico Veracruz Mexico 94 1.5 13

Laguna Salada Xalapa Veracruz Mexico 1

Laguna San

Agustin Xalapa Veracruz Mexico 21

Laguna San

Andres Ciudad Madero Tamaulipas Mexico 2,384

Laguna

Sontecomapan Villa Hermosa Veracruz Mexico 9 2.0

Laguna Tupilco Villahermosa Tabasco Mexico 8 1.0

Lagunas

NichupteBojorquezCancun Quintana

Roo Mexico 110 21 - 52

Lake Borgne New Orleans Louisiana USA 730 38,300 303 3.0 7

Lake

Pontchartrain New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,839 14,200 303 3.0 2

Matagorda Bay Bay City Texas USA 1,093 109,300 150 2.0 19 348 28

Mermentau River Mermentau Louisiana USA

Mississippi River New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,554 2,931,100 13,150 6.0 6

Mississippi Sound Gulfport Mississippi USA 4,792 69,700 1,235 4.0 24 4,326 121

Mobile Bay Mobile Alabama USA 1,059 115,500 2,246 3.0 19 2,651 20

Pensacola Bay Pensacola Florida USA 370 18,100 328 4.0 23 991 32

Perdido Bay Perdido Alabama USA 130 3,100 62 3.0 15 688

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Ria Lagartos Merida Yucatan Mexico 95

Río Almendares Havana Havana Cuba

Río Banes Cuba

Río Buenavista Mantua Pinar del

Río Cuba

Río Mantua Mantua Pinar del

Río Cuba

Río Pan de

Azúcar

Minas de

Matahambre

Pinar del

Río Cuba

Río Quibú Cuba

Río Salado Mantua Pinar del

Río Cuba 9,999

Rookery Bay Naples Florida USA

Sabine Lake and

Estuary Sabine Texas USA 243 54,100 487 2.0 11 967

San Antonio Bay San Antonio Texas USA 531 53,100 116 2.0 13 271 65

Sarasota Bay Sarasota Florida USA 114 800 11 2.0 30 12 36

St. Andrews Bay Panama City Florida USA 243 2,800 127 4.0 31 1,016 53

St. Charles Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA

St. Joseph Bay Apalachicola Florida USA

Suwanee River Lake City Florida USA

Tampa Bay and

Keys Tampa Bay Florida USA 896 6,700 68 3.0 27 1,020 121

TimbalierTerrebonne Bays Terrebonne Louisiana USA 1,761 4,100 130 2.0 18

Weeks Bay Fairhope Alabama USA 150 1.4

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