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[1]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011