Cov Lus Tseeb Txog Txog Midway Atlantic Waterway
Chesapeake Bay, qhov loj tshaj plaws nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas, muaj kwv yees li 200 mais ntawm Susquehanna River mus rau Dej Hiav Txwv Atlantic. Lub cheeb tsam ntawm cov av uas siv los ua Tus Chesapeake Bay Watershed, uas yog hu ua Chesapeake Bay Watershed, yog 64,000 square mais thiab encompasses ntawm 6 lub xeev: Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, thiab West Virginia, thiab Washington DC . Kev ua si hauv Chesapeake Bay xws li kev nuv ntses, kev pleev xim rau, ua luam dej, kev caij nkoj, kayaking, thiab kev caij nkoj yog tsis tshua muaj neeg nyiam thiab pab txhawb kev lag luam ntawm Maryland thiab Virginia.
Saib phau ntawv qhia rau lub zos thiab cov nroog Siv nrog Chesapeake Bay .
Saib daim duab qhia txog Chesapeake Bay
Hla lub Bay
- Chesapeake Bay Choj hla hiav poj niam hauv Maryland ntawm Sandy Point (ze Annapolis) mus rau Kent Island. Tus choj kis tau ntev li ntawm 4.3 mais thiab muaj peev xwm rau 1,500 lub tsheb rau ib txoj kab, ib teev twg.
- Chesapeake Bay Choj-Qhov hauv Virginia txuas Virginia Beach mus dhaus Cape Charles. Nws yog ib txoj kab uas muaj plaub-kab 20-mais-ntev tsheb npav uas muaj kev nkag tau ncaj qha los ntawm Southeastern Virginia mus rau Delmarva ceg av qab teb.
Nthuav Lus Cov Lus Qhia Txog Chesapeake Bay
- Lub Bay yog 30 mais txhua qhov ntawm lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb thiab 2.8 mais ntawm nws tus taw tes. Qhov nruab nrab ntawm qhov Chesapeake Bay yog 46 ko taw thiab qhov siab tshaj plaws yog 208 ko taw.
- Muaj ntau tshaj 100,000 dej, dej, lossis dej hauv Chesapeake watershed, nrog rau 150 dej loj.
- Bay watershed muab cov khoom noj, dej, thiab chaw ua zes rau ntau tshaj 3,600 hom nroj tsuag thiab tsiaj txhu, nrog rau 350 hom ntses.
- Ntau tshaj li 500 plhom phaus ntawm cov nqaij nruab deg tau los ntawm Bay txhua xyoo.
- Bay's skipjack fleet yog lub xeem lag luam nuv ntses fleet los siv sail hwj chim hauv North America.
Nqaij, Cov tsiaj qus thiab cog nroj tsuag
Chesapeake Bay yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rau nws cov nqaij nruab deg, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog xiav crabs, qwj, pob zeb thiab rockfish (lub npe lub npe rau kab txaij).
Lub Bay tseem muaj tsev rau ntau tshaj 350 hom ntses xam nrog rau Atlantic menhaden thiab American eel. Noog cov kabmob muaj xws li American Osprey, Great Blue Heron, lub Dav dawb hau, thiab Peregrine Falcon. Muaj ntau cov paj tseem tuaj yeem ua rau Chesapeake Bay lawv lub tsev nyob rau hauv av thiab dej hauv qab. Cov nroj tsuag uas ua rau hauv nws lub tsev hauv Bay yog cov paj npleg, cov ntoo ntau yam xws li cov kua txob liab thiab txoj hlab cypress, thiab spartina nyom thiab phragmites.
Kev Hem thiab Kev Tiv Thaiv Tus Chesapeake Bay
Kev ua rau kev nyab xeeb ntawm Chesapeake Bay yog ntau nitrogen thiab phosphorus cov pa phem los ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb, cov dej phwj tuaj yaug, cov dej khov ua hauv nroog thiab suburban, thiab cov pa phem ntawm lub tsheb, cov chaw fais fab, thiab cov nroj tsuag fais fab. Cov kev siv zog los tswj los yog tswj cov dej zoo ntawm lub Bay tau sib xyaw ua ke. Cov kev daws teeb meem kom muaj qhov kho cov dej phwj tuaj kho, siv cov tshuab nitrogen tawm ntawm cov tshuab ua kua, thiab txo cov kev siv chiv kom cov nyom. Lub Chesapeake Bay Foundation yog ib lub koom haum uas tau txais kev pab nyiaj tshwj xeeb, tsis yog cov koom haum tsis tau koom siab rau kev tiv thaiv thiab ua kom rov qab kho Chesapeake Bay.
Lwm Cov Ntaub Ntawv
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Chesapeake Research Consortium
Alliance rau Chesapeake Bay
Nrhiav koj Chesapeake
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