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NameNearest Largest CityStateCountry
Atchafalaya and Vermilion Bays Port Barre Louisiana USA 1,821 260,600 6,337 2.0 1 1,870
Lake Pontchartrain New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,839 14,200 303 3.0 2
Estuario Coatzacoalcos Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico 3
Galveston Bay Galveston Texas USA 1,399 63,500 430 2.0 11 1,594 73
Sabine Lake and Estuary Sabine Texas USA 243 54,100 487 2.0 11 967
Calcasieu Lake Lake Charles Louisiana USA 256 11,100 178 1.0 12 494
Barataria Bay New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,673 5,700 156 2.0 13
Charlotte Harbor Fort Myers Florida USA 805 13,000 1 2.0 13 2,525 214
Laguna Pueblo Viejo Tampico Veracruz Mexico 9 1.3 13
San Antonio Bay San Antonio Texas USA 531 53,100 116 2.0 13 271 65
Perdido Bay Perdido Alabama USA 130 3,100 62 3.0 15 688
Aransas Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 539 53,900 28 3.0 15 393 85
Laguna del Ostion Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico 13 17
Timbalier-Terrebonne Bays Terrebonne Louisiana USA 1,761 4,100 130 2.0 18
Laguna Mandinga Port of Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 33 18
Mobile Bay Mobile Alabama USA 1,059 115,500 2,246 3.0 19 2,651 20
Matagorda Bay Bay City Texas USA 1,093 109,300 150 2.0 19 348 28
Laguna Mecoacan Cardenas Tabasco Mexico 52 19
Lagunas Nichupte-Bojorquez Cancun Quintana Roo Mexico 110 21 - 52
Mississippi River New Orleans Louisiana USA 1,554 2,931,100 13,150 6.0 6
Lake Borgne New Orleans Louisiana USA 730 38,300 303 3.0 7
Corpus Christi Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 497 49,700 34 3.0 22 121 53
Apalachicola Bay Apalachicola Florida USA 554 53,100 824 3.0 22 2,396 36
Laguna El Llano Port of Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 23 1.7 22
Laguna de Tampamachoco Tuxpan Veracruz Mexico 15 22.8-33.3
Pensacola Bay Pensacola Florida USA 370 18,100 328 4.0 23 991 32
Mississippi Sound Gulfport Mississippi USA 4,792 69,700 1,235 4.0 24 4,326 121
Choctawhatchee Bay Niceville Florida USA 334 14,000 241 5.0 25 1,133 12
Tampa Bay and Keys Tampa Bay Florida USA 896 6,700 68 3.0 27 1,020 121
Breton and Chandeleur Sounds New Orleans Louisiana USA 5,403 6,500 292 3.0 27 57
Brazos River Waco Texas USA 5 500 210 3.0 28 81
Sarasota Bay Sarasota Florida USA 114 800 11 2.0 30 12 36
Apalachee Bay Tallahassee Florida USA 412 11,900 150 3.0 30 2,813 130
Florida Bay Key West Florida USA 1,393 2,800 2.0 31 1,052
St. Andrews Bay Panama City Florida USA 243 2,800 127 4.0 31 1,016 53
Estero de Yucalpeten Merida Yucatan Mexico 32 - 48
Laguna Morales Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas Mexico 65 35
Laguna Madre Corpus Christi Texas USA 3,658 150,700 25 1.1 36 1,825 773
Baffin Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA 219 2.3 40 21
Estuario de Sabancuy Ciudad del Carmen Campeche Mexico
St. Joseph Bay Apalachicola Florida USA
Bahía de Cabañas Havana Havana Cuba
Bahía Guadiana Hato Guane Pinar del Río Cuba
Bahía de Palencia La Fé Pinar del Río Cuba
Bahía de Mariel Havana Havana Cuba
Río Mantua Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba
St. Charles Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA
Rookery Bay Naples Florida USA
Laguna Atasta Ciudad del Carmen Campeche México 30 1.5
Laguna Alvarado Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 62 1.5
Estuario Tecolutla Tecolutla Veracruz Mexico
Estuario Corbea Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba
Laguna El Farallon Veracruz Mexico 8
Estuario Antigua Veracruz Veracruz Mexico
Bahía de Matanzas Santa Marta Matanzas Cuba
Suwanee River Lake City Florida USA
Laguna Grande Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 23
Laguna San Agustin Xalapa Veracruz Mexico 21
Laguna de Celestun Merida Yucatan Mexico 284
Río Banes Cuba
Río Quibú Cuba
Laguna Chijol Tampico Veracruz México
Bahía de la Habana Havana Havana Cuba
Laguna Salada Xalapa Veracruz Mexico 1
Laguna La Mancha Veracruz Veracruz Mexico 2
Caloosahatchee River Fort Myers Florida USA
Río Pan de Azúcar Minas de Matahambre Pinar del Río Cuba
Estuario Casitas - Nautla Martinez de la Torre Veracruz Mexico
Crystal River and Tarpon Springs Tampa Florida USA
Espiritu Santo Bay Port O'Connor Texas Calhoun
Estero Bay Fort Myers Florida USA 759
Bahía de Cárdenas
Estuario Santa Teresa Bahía Honda Pinar del Río Cuba
Bahía Honda Havana Pinar del Río Cuba
Laguna San Andres Ciudad Madero Tamaulipas Mexico 2,384
Laguna Sontecomapan Villa Hermosa Veracruz Mexico 9 2.0
Copano Bay Corpus Christi Texas USA
Laguna de Yalahau (Conil) Cancun Quintana Roo Mexico
Laguna Carmen-Machona Cardenas Tabasco Mexico 88 3.0
Bahía de Cayo Largo La Fe Pinar del Río Cuba
Weeks Bay Fairhope Alabama USA 150 1.4
Estuario Tonalá Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico
Estuario Frontera Frontera Tabasco Mexico
Laguna de Términos Ciudad del Carmen Campeche Mexico 2,000
Laguna Tupilco Villahermosa Tabasco Mexico 8 1.0
Estuario El Prado Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba
Mermentau River Mermentau Louisiana USA
Ria Lagartos Merida Yucatan Mexico 95
Estuario Panuco Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico 107,200
Laguna de Tamiahua Tampico Veracruz Mexico 880 2-3
Río Almendares Havana Havana Cuba
Río Salado Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba 9,999
Río Buenavista Mantua Pinar del Río Cuba
Bahía de Santa Lucia Minas de Matahambre Pinar del Río Cuba
Grand Bay Moss Point Mississippi USA



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