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Sutter
Bypass
Sacramento
Yolo
Bypass
e
m
San Pa
b
lo
Bay
Suisun Bay
Delta
Carquinez
Strait
Central
Bay
R
San Francisco
South
Bay
k
Pacific
Ocean
Merced
River
N
0
10
20 miles
Map 1. Major rivers and sub-bays of the estuary encompassing the Sacramento-
San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay. (S.F. Estuary Institute)
Below the cobweb of islands and canals in the delta and the confluence
of the two largest rivers, the bay assumes the geography of a series of
smaller bays (or sub-bays), each with different hydrodynamics and condi-
tions. Most of these corners of the larger bay can be described as wide
