Apalachee Bay
Water type: Bay
Connection to the ocean: Gulf of Mexico -> Atlantic Ocean
Continent:
North America
Climate:
Subtropical
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Largest tributaries
Perciformes - Perches
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Perciformes - Perches
Gadiformes - Cods
Spariformes - Breams and porgies
Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
Labriformes - Wrasses
Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes
Clupeiformes - Herrings
Scombriformes - Mackerels
Anguilliformes - Eels and morays
Carangiformes - Jacks
Beloniformes - Needlefishes
Mugiliformes - Mullets
Mulliformes - Goatfishes
Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders
Blenniiformes - Blennies
Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes
Aulopiformes - Grinners
Gobiiformes - Gobies
Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses
Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps
Atheriniformes - Silversides
Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes
Carcharhiniformes - Ground sharks
Myliobatiformes - Stingrays
Rajiformes - Skates and rays
Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels
Apalachee Bay is a bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico occupying an indentation of the Florida coast to the west of where the Florida peninsula joins the United States mainland. It is bordered by Taylor, Jefferson, Wakulla, and Franklin counties.
The Aucilla, Econfina, St. Marks, and Ochlockonee rivers drain into the bay.
Most of the coast is the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.The mouth of the Bay stretches from Lighthouse Point on Saint Marks Island, in Fayette County south of Bald Point State Park, to Rock Island in Taylor County.
