Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
Kintra	Unitit States
State(s)	- Virginie  - North Carolina
Lairgest ceety	Virginia Beach
Ither ceeties	- Norfolk  - Chesapeake  - Newport News  - Hampton  - Portsmouth  - Suffolk  - Poquoson  - Williamsburg
Area
• Total	1,364 km2 (526.8 sq mi)
Highest elevation	N/A m (N/A ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population
• Total	1,707,369 (2,013 estimate)
• Rank	37th in the U.S.
• Density	1022/km2 (2647/sq mi)

Hampton Roads is the name o baith a bouk o watter an a metropolitan aurie in Sootheastren Virginie, United States. It is made up o Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA metropolitan aurie. Hampton Roads is kent for its militar bases, its ice-free harbor, shipyards, an coal piers. It haes miles o watterfront property an beaches an aw.

The bouk o watter kent as Hampton Roads is ane o the warld's lairgest natural harbors. In fact it is a roadstead or "roads" (a bouk o watter ootside a harbor whaur ships can wait). It is shapit bi the mooths o several rivers. The watter o Hampton Roads empties intae the Chesapeake Bay