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=== Coastal waters === The Atlantic Ocean, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, and Cape Cod Bay form a 559-mile coastline that surrounds the majority fr of the Cape.<ref name="Waters of the Cape">{{Cite web |title=Waters of the Cape |url=https://capecodwaters.org/overview/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=State of the Waters: Cape Cod |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525110400/https://capecodwaters.org/overview/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There are 53 saltwater embayments along this extensive stretch of coastline, each of which is formed by a depression or dip in the coastline that forms a bay abutting the ocean.<ref name="Waters of the Cape"/> Estuaries are where rivers and the sea meet. Freshwater, brackish, tidal wetlands, and tidal channels are all found in estuaries. Rivers, streams, and groundwater pour into the ocean's estuaries and embayments on Cape Cod.
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