What is Mobile Bay?
[[Image:mobile alabama.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Mobile and Mobile Bay from space, [[June]] [[1991]].]] '''Mobile Bay''' is an inlet of the [[Gulf of Mexico]], lying within the state of [[Alabama]] in the [[United States]]. Its mouth is formed by the [[Fort Morgan]] Peninsula on the eastern side and [[Dauphin Island]], a [[barrier island]] on the western side. The [[Mobile River]] and [[Tensaw River]] empty into the northern end of the bay, making it an [[estuary]]. Dog River, Deer River, and East Fowl River empty into the western side of the bay, and Fish River is across the bay on the eastern shore. {{US-geo-stub}} [[Category:Geography of Alabama]] [[Category:Bays of the United States]]