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| | The Living Bay |
 | | Narragansett Bay extends fingers into the very heartland of Rhode Island and occupies such a central position that from the air a traveler is likely to feel that the state consists more of water than of land. |
 | | Within the Bay are three large islands: Aquidneck, the largest, supports Newport, a place of unusual charm and great historical significance; Conanicut Island, which separates the West and East Passages; and Prudence, approximately in the center. |
 | | Narragansett Bay was an old sedimentary basin that had undergone intense stream erosion when the ice came, grinding and crushing all but the hardest of the ancient rocks, and picking up sand, gravel, and boulders. |
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