Great Marsh Explained

Great Marsh
Other Name:	Great Salt Marsh
Location:
Coordinates:	42.7353°N -70.8189°W
Type:	Saltmarsh
Rivers:	Parker River
Oceans:	Atlantic Ocean
Area:	20000-
Salinity:	Salt Water
Frozen:	Salt water Lake
Islands:	Plum Island
Islands Category:	Barrier islands
Cities:	In New Hampshire: Hampton Seabrook In Massachusetts: Salisbury Newburyport Newbury Rowley Ipswich Essex Gloucester
Pushpin Map:	Massachusetts

The Great Marsh (also sometimes called the Great Salt Marsh^[1]) is a long, continuous saltmarsh in eastern New England extending from Cape Ann in northeastern Massachusetts to the southeastern coast of New Hampshire.^[2] It includes roughly 20,000–30,000^{[3] [4]} acres of saltwater marsh, mudflats, islands, sandy beaches, dunes, rivers, and other water bodies. The Great Marsh comprises much of the northeastern half of Essex County, Massachusetts, and touches the towns and cities of Gloucester, Essex, Ipswich, Rowley, Newbury, Newburyport, and Salisbury in Massachusetts as well as the towns of Seabrook and Hampton in New Hampshire.^{[5] [6]} It is a designated Important Bird Area.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Salt Marsh . BirdLife International . 5 June 2018.
2. Web site: The Great Marsh . Great Marsh Coalition . Great Marsh Coalition . 5 June 2018.
3. Web site: Great Marsh ACEC . Mass.gov . Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 5 June 2018.
4. Web site: Site Summary: Great Marsh . Mass Audubon . Massachusetts Audubon Society . 5 June 2018.
5. Web site: Great Marsh Coastal Adaptation Plan . The National Wildlife Federation . The National Wildlife Federation . 5 June 2018.
6. Web site: Hampton Brochure . NH Audubon . New Hampshire Audubon Society . 5 June 2018.