Cov Ntaus Nthuav Dej thiab Cov Kev Ua Si Los Ua Ntej Dej Potomac
Potomac River yog plaub feem ntau cov dej ntws los ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Atlantic thiab lub 21st nyob hauv tebchaws United States. Nws khiav dhau 383 mais ntawm Fairfax Stone, West Virginia txog Point Lookout, Maryland thiab cov dej ntshis 14,670 square mais ntawm thaj av ntawm plaub lub xeev thiab Washington DC. Dej Hav dej Potomac ntws mus rau hauv Chesapeake Bay thiab cuam tshuam ntau tshaj 6 lab tus tib neeg uas nyob hauv Potomac watershed, thaj av uas dej ntws mus rau ntawm lub qhov ncauj ntawm tus dej.
George Washington pom txog lub teb chaws lub peev tam li ib lub lag luam chaw nrog rau lub rooj ntawm tsoom fwv. Nws tau xaiv los tsim kom tau lub "federal nroog" raws tus dej Potomac vim hais tias nws twb tau muaj ob lub nroog loj lub zos: Georgetown thiab Alexandria . " Potomac " yog Algonquin lub npe rau tus dej lub ntsiab lus "zoo trading chaw."
Washington, DC pib siv Potomac River ua lub hauv paus ntawm dej haus nrog qhib qhov dej Washington Aqueduct thaum xyoo 1864. Qhov nruab nrab ntawm kwv yees li 486 lab nkas loos dej siv txhua hnub hauv cheeb tsam Washington DC. Yuav luag 86 feem pua ntawm cov neeg hauv thaj av ntawd tau txais cov dej haus los ntawm cov pej xeem pej xeem thaum 13 feem pua siv dej zoo. Vim tias kev tsim kev lag luam hauv nroog loj, qhov chaw hauv Dej Hav dej Potomac thiab nws cov khoom siv yog cov cuab yeej ywj pheej, hnyav hlau, tshuaj tua kab thiab lwm cov tshuaj lom. Lub Koom Haum Potomac Watershed Partnership, koom tes ua ke ntawm cov koomhaum kev txuag dej, koom tes ua ke los tiv thaiv lub Potomac River watershed.
Cov Tributaries ntawm cov dej Potomac
Cov Potomac loj muaj xws li Anacostia River , Antietam Creek, Cacapon River, Catoctin Creek, Conocoheague Creek, Monocacy River, North Branch, South Branch, Occoquan River, Savage River, Senaca Creek, thiab tus dej Shenandoah .
Feem Nroog loj hauv Potomac Phaj
Cov nroog loj loj hauv Potomac Phaj yog: Washington, DC; Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Frederick, Rockville, Waldorf, thiab St. Mary lub Nroog hauv Maryland; Chambersburg thiab Gettysburg hauv Pennsylvania; Alexandria, Arlington, Harrisonburg, thiab Poj Poj Poob pem hauv ntej hauv Virginia; thiab Harper lub Ferry, Charles Town, thiab Martinsburg nyob rau hauv West Virginia.
Dej Loj Potomac River Waterfront Chaw nyob hauv Washington DC Area
- Kuj zoo kawg li - Cov chaw ua si thoob ntiaj teb yog thaj chaw zoo nkauj nrog rau qee qhov chaw zoo tshaj plaws hauv cheeb tsam. Cov kev ua si ua si nrog rau hiking, picnicking, kayaking, pob zeb nce toj, caij tsheb kauj vab, thiab caij horseback.
- Georgetown - Lub zej lub zos txoj dej yog ib qho ntawm DC lub chaw tshaj plaws los mus khw thiab noj haus. Nws yog ib qho chaw zoo rau kev tshawb nrhiav txog ntau lub tsev kawm ntawv, cov duab xis thiab ntau yam ua. Kayaking thiab caij tsheb kauj vab yog nrov tshaj plaws.
- Southwest Waterfront - Lub koog zej zog yog loj hlob sai thiab xav tias yuav muaj kev hloov loj hauv xyoo tom ntej. Tam sim no qhov chaw nyob ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv yog Arena Stage , marinas, cov khw noj mov thiab hmo ntuj.
- Alexandria - Lub Tebchaws Northern Virginia sab qaum teb yog paub txog nws cov quaint ua cim thiab lub tsev nyob rau tiam 18th thiab 19th, tsev cia puav pheej, lub khws, cov khw, thiab hmo ntuj. Cov kev caij nkoj thiab caij tsheb kauj vab yog muaj.
- Mount Vernon - Lub qub txeeg qub tes thiab lub vaj ntawm George Washington yog teem rau ntawm ib qho toj siab saib lub Potomac River. Lub tsev kawm ntawv yog qhov "yuav tsum pom" qhov chaw, nyob ntawm 14 mais south of Washington, DC.
- National Harbour - Lub chaw sib xyaws sib xyaw siv, qhib lub caij nplooj ntoo hlav xyoo 2008, nrog rau cov chaw ntiav pw, khw nojmov, khw muag khoom noj khoom haus, chaw muag khoom, cov chaw ua haujlwm puv ntoob, chaw convention, thiab chaw ua lag luam. Cov rooj sab laj tshwj xeeb muaj nyob thoob plaws hauv lub xyoo nrog rau lub Potomac waterfront.
- George Washington Memorial Parkway - Txoj kev yog ib feem ntawm National Park thiab txuas Washington DC cov chaw ntiav pw thiab cov chaw hauv cov historic ncab ntawm Great Falls Park mus rau George Washington lub Vernon Estate. Muaj ntau qhov memorials, marinas, thiab cov chaw ua si raws li txoj kev.
Kev Ua Si Raws Dej Hav dej Potomac
- Kev caij tsheb kauj vab thiab tsheb kauj vab tuaj yeem taug kev ntawm Potomac River xws li Capital Crescent Trail uas khiav ntawm Georgetown mus rau Bethesda, Maryland, Mount Vernon Trail uas tawm ntawm Theodore Roosevelt Island mus rau Mount Vernon, Virginia thiab C & O Towpath uas ua raws li Potomac Dej nruab nrab ntawm Georgetown thiab Cumberland, Maryland.
- Kayaking - Kev ua si hauv zos cov chaw muaj kev qhia txog cov chaw xauj thiab cov tshooj ntawm ntau lub chaw raws li tus dej Potomac.
- Sightseeing Cruises - Muaj ntau yam kev caij nkoj, khiav tawm Washington, DC, Alexandria, Mount Vernon thiab National Harbor.