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Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and a metropolitan area in Southeastern Virginia , United States . It is made up of Virginia Beach -Norfolk -Newport News , VA metropolitan area. Hampton Roads is known for its military bases, its ice-free harbor , shipyards , and coal piers . It also has miles of waterfront property and beaches .
The body of water known as Hampton Roads is one of the world's largest natural harbors. In fact it is a roadstead or "roads" (a body of water outside a harbor where ships can wait). It is formed by the mouths of several rivers . The water of Hampton Roads empties into the Chesapeake Bay [1]
↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
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