. Maryland geological survey. Fig. i.—view showing section in Sunderland formation, near battle creek, calvert Fig. 2.—view showing section in sunderiand formation at ridge, st. marys COUNTY. MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 65 Plain topography, for the same types with their systems of terraces existas well in New Jersey and Virginia as in Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay which runs the length of the Coastal Plain inMaryland drains both shores. Prom the Western Shore it receives anumber of large tributaries among which may be mentioned the Susque-hanna, Bush, Gunpowder, Patapsco, Magothy, Sever
. Maryland geological survey. Fig. i.—view showing section in Sunderland formation, near battle creek, calvert Fig. 2.—view showing section in sunderiand formation at ridge, st. marys COUNTY. MARYLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 65 Plain topography, for the same types with their systems of terraces existas well in New Jersey and Virginia as in Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay which runs the length of the Coastal Plain inMaryland drains both shores. Prom the Western Shore it receives anumber of large tributaries among which may be mentioned the Susque-hanna, Bush, Gunpowder, Patapsco, Magothy, Severn, South, Patuxent,and Potomac rivers. On the Eastern Shore its principal tributaries con-sist of Bohemia Creek, Sassafras, Chester, Choptank, Nanticoke, Wicom-ico, and Pocomoke rivers. These streams, which are in the process ofdeveloping a dendritic type of drainage, have cut far deeper channels onthe Western than on the Eastern Shore. If attention is now turned tothe character of the shore line, it will be seen that along Chesapeake Bayit is extremely broken and sinuous. A straight shore line is the exceptiona
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