Chokwadi pamusoro peMiddle Atlantic Waterway
Chesapeake Bay, nzvimbo yakakura kupfuura dzose muUnited States, inosvika makiromita anenge 200 kubva kuMusangohanna kusvika kuAlantic Ocean. Nharaunda yenyika iyo inopinda munzvimbo ino, iyo inozivikanwa seCheesapeake Bay Watershed, ine 64,000 square miles uye encompasses chikamu chemasangano matanhatu: Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, uye West Virginia, pamwe neWashington DC . Mabasa pamusoro peKeasapeake Bay akadai sekubata hove, kubika, kushambira, kukwira ngarava, kayaking, uye kufambisa ngarava zvakakurumbira zvikuru uye zvinopa zvakakosha kuhupfumi hwekushanyirwa kweMadrid neVirginia.
Ona mutungamiri kuMaguta nemataundi Pamwe Chesapeake Bay .
Ona mapeji eChesapeake Bay
Crossing the Bay
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge inodarika nzvimbo iri kuMadganic kubva kuSandy Point (pedyo neAnnapolis) kuenda kuKent Island. Bhiriji rinosvika 4.3 makiromita uye rine simba rezvitori 1 500 pamugwagwa, neawa.
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel muVirginia inobatanidza Virginia Beach kuCape Charles. Iyo nzira ine makiromita makumi maviri-refu motokari yemodhora inofambisa inopa zvakananga kubva kuSoutheastern Virginia kusvika ku Delmarva Peninsula.
Mashoko Anofadza NezveKeasapeake Bay
- Gungwa iri makiromita makumi maviri paupamhi pane imwe nzvimbo yakakura uye 2.8 makiromita panzvimbo yayo yakaipisisa. Ivhareji yakadzika ye Chesapeake Bay ine mamita makumi mana uye upamhi hwakareba mamita makumi maviri.
- Kune mitsinje inopfuura 100 000, mihara, kana nzizi mumvura yakadzika yeCheesapeake, kusanganisira nzizi 150 huru.
- Gungwa reMvura rinopa zvokudya, mvura, uye nharaunda munzvimbo dzinopfuura 3 600 mhuka dzehupenyu nemhuka, kusanganisira anenge zviuru makumi matatu zvehove.
- Mamiriyoni emamiriyoni mazana mapfumbamwe emakungwa ezvokudya zvegungwa anokohwa kubva ku Bay gore roga roga.
- Ngarava yeBay's skipjack ndiyo yaiva yekupedzisira yekutengesa ngarava dzekutengesera kushandisa simba rekufamba muNorth America.
Zvokudya zvezvokudya, Zvisikwa zvemhuka uye Miti yezvirimwa
Chesapeake Bay inonyanyozivikanwa nokuda kwekugadzirwa kwezvokudya zvegungwa, kunyanya bhuu rebhuruu, clams, oysters uye rockfish (zita rematunhu rakagadzirirwa mabhasi).
Gungwa iriwo musha kune dzinopfuura 350 marudzi ehove kusanganisira Atlantic menhaden uye America eel. Mhuka dzinodya nyama dzinosanganisira America Osprey, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle, uye Peregrine Falcon. Miti yakawanda inoitawo Chesapeake Bay imba yavo yose pasi uye pasi pemvura. Miti inogadzira imba yayo muBain inosanganisira rizi dzomusango, miti yakasiyana-siyana yakafanana nepepuru tsvuku uye cypress, uye spartina uswa uye fragmites.
Zvinotyisa uye Kudzivirira Chesapeake Bay
Nzvimbo inotyisa kuhutano hweKeasapeake Bay inodarika yakawanda ye nitrogen uye phosphorus kubva kune zvekurima, kushandiswa kwemishonga yemashambaji, runoff kubva kumaguta uye kumaruwa, uye kusvibiswa kwemhepo kubva mumotokari, zvigadzirwa, uye magetsi. Kushingairira kudzorera kana kuchengetedza huno hunohu hwemvura hweBa huve hwakave nemigumisiro yakavhenganiswa. Zvigadziriswa zvinosanganisira kuvandudza mishonga yekurapa kwemishonga yemvura, kushandisa nitrogen kushandiswa kwekombiyuta pamagadzirirwo emagetsi, nekuderedza kushandiswa kwemumanyorera kumashanga. Chesapeake Bay Foundation inoshandiswa mari inobhadhara mari, isina chekuita purogiramu yakazvitsaurira kuchengetedza nekudzorera Chesapeake Bay.
Zvimwe Zvinyorwa
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Chesapeake Research Consortium
Sangano reChesapeake Bay
Tsvaga Chesapeake Yako