The Jade
The Jade Bight (or ''Jade Bay''; german: Jadebusen) is a bight (geography), bight or bay on the North Sea coast of Germany. It was formerly known simply as ''Jade'' or ''Jahde''. Because of the very low input of freshwater, it is classified as a bay rather than an estuary.Günther Lang, Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau (Federal Bureau for Water-Bound Constructions): ''Ein Beitrag zur Tidedynamik der Innenjade und des Jadebusens (A contribution on the tidal dynamics of Innenjade and Jadebusen)'' (in German) Intrusion of the sea About 180 km² (70 mi²) in area, the Jade was largely created by storm floods during the 13th and 16th centuries. Since the early 14th century, it has joined eastward to the estuary of the river Weser. For some time, there were three permanent connecting branches and one flood bed between the river and the bight, forming an River delta#Tide-dominated deltas, estuarine delta. The first of these junctions was closed in 1450 by Dike (construction), di ...
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