Amamephu we-Chesapeake Bay

01 ngo-15

Amamephu, amaMifula nezindawo zokufinyelela ku-Chesapeake Bay

I- Chesapeake Bay idlula ngamamayela angu-200 futhi ihlanganisa indawo enkulu eMadgan naseVirginia. Le mephu ikhombisa sonke isifunda. I- Chesapeake Bay Bridge emaphethelweni asenyakatho inikeza ukufinyelela phakathi kuka-Annapolis (Sandy Point) ne-Maryland Eastern Shore (Stevensville). Ekugcineni kweseningizimu ye-Bay, i- Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel ixhuma i-Eastern Shore yaseVirginia nezwe laseVirginia e-Virginia Beach ngaseNorfolk.

I-Chesapeake Bay inikeza imisebenzi eminingi yokuzilibazisa njengokudoba, ukugwaza, ukubhukuda, ukugibela, ukugibela kayaking, nokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Ezinye izindawo ezidume kakhulu ezihlala endaweni esifundazweni zise-Bay. Bheka umhlahlandlela weMidolobha namadolobhana ohlangene ne-Chesapeake Bay.

I-Chesapeake Bay Tributaries (Imifula)

Kukhona izinkulungwane zama-tributaries ezithumela amanzi amasha e-Chesapeake Bay futhi zinikeze indawo ebalulekile ezilwaneni zasemanzini nezitshalo. Lezi zinhlanzi, imifudlana nemifula nayo ihlinzeka abantu ngamaphoyinti okufinyelela emphakathini ukuze bajabulele ukuzijabulisa kwangaphandle. Bona amamephu alandelayo futhi ufunde kabanzi mayelana nalezi zimboni ezinkulu.

• Umfula wasePotomac
• Umfula we-Patuxent
• I-Rappahannock River
• York River
• UMfula uJames
• Elizabeth River
• Umfula wakwaSusquehanna
• Umfula wePatcoco
• I-Severn River
• Chester River
• I-Sassafras River
• Umfula we-Choptank
• Umfula iNanticoke
• Umfula wePocomoke
• Umfula iWicomico

02 ngo-15

Imephu yoMfula i-Potomac

Umfula wasePotomac uhamba ngamamitha angaphezu kwangu-383 ukusuka eFafafax Stone, eNtshonalanga Virginia kuya ePot Lookout, eMaryland futhi ugijimela e-Chesapeake Bay. Umfula ubukhulu besine eceleni kweLwandle lwe-Atlantic futhi unezinhlanzi eziningi nemifudlana egeleza kuyo. I-Potomac inikeza amathuba amaningi okuzilibazisa endaweni yaseWashington DC futhi inezindawo eziningi zokufinyelela endaweni yesifundazwe. Funda kabanzi mayelana noMfula wasePotomac.

03 ka-15

Imephu ye-Patuxent yoMfula

Umfula i-Patuxent ungumbuso weChesapeake Bay owenza ulwandle olungasentshonalanga kaHulumeni waseMargan enyakatho kuya eningizimu. UMfula uhlala ngezinhlobo ezingaphezu kwezingu-100 zezinhlanzi, kuhlanganise nezinhlanzi, i-catfish, i-pickerel yeketani, ne-bluefish. I-Patuxent Water Trail ihamba ngezindawo eziyisikhombisa e-Maryland. I-Patuxent yoMgcini weMfula usebenza isikhungo sokuvakashela izivakashi e-17412 Nottingham Road; Upper Marlboro, MD. I-center ihoxisa ama-kayak nama-canoe futhi inikeza izinkambo eceleni komfula.

04 ka-15

I-Rappahannock River Map

UMfula iRappahannock ugijima cishe amakhilomitha angaba ngu-184 ukusuka eMfuleni iBlue Ridge entshonalanga kuya eChesapeake Bay eningizimu yoMfula iPotomac. I-Rappahannock inikeza omunye wemigwaqo emifula enhle kunazo zonke futhi evikelekile emfuleni waseChesapeake Bay. Enyakatho yeFredericksburg , umfula uhlinzeka ngamathuba amahle okuhamba ngesikebhe kanye ne-kayaking. Abangane beRappahannock yinhlangano yokulondolozwa engelona profi ezinikele ekuvikeleni nasekulondolozeni ikhwalithi yamanzi nobuhle obuhle bomfula.

05 ka-15

I-York River Imephu

I-York River i-estuary ehamba ngamamitha angu-34 esempumalanga yeRichmond eguqula e-Chesapeake Bay eningizimu-ntshonalanga, ingena echwebeni elingamakhilomitha angu-5 empumalanga yeYorktown. Ukuwela komfula kuphela nguGeorge P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, i-drawbridge e-swing ehamba nge-US Roadway 17 phakathi kweYorktown noGloucester Point.

06 ka-15

Imephu yeJames River

Umfula waseJames yiyona ndlela enkulu kunazo zonke eVirginia eya eChesapeake Bay, egeleza lonke izwe kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo eBath nase Highland Counties futhi iphele eHinnton Road. UJames ungumfula omkhulu kunazo zonke waseVirginia. Kungamakhilomitha angu-340 ubude, okwenza kube omunye wemifula ende kunazo zonke eMelika eqala futhi iphele esimweni esifanayo. I-Watershed iqukethe izingxenye ezintathu. I-Upper James Watershed iqala e-Allegheny County futhi ihamba nge-Allegheny naseBlue Ridge Mountains kuze kufike eLynchburg. I-Middle James igijima esuka eLynchburg kuya e-Fall Line e-Richmond, kuyilapho uJames ophansi eqala ukusuka e-Richmond eya eChesapeake Bay. UJames uhlala kwelinye lamachweba amakhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni wonke eNorfolk.

07 kwangu-15

Imephu yoMfula i-Susquehanna

Umfula waseSuscahanna ungama-464 miles kanye nomfula omude kunayo yonke e-East Coast odonsa e-Atlantic Ocean. I-Susquehanna ivela futhi igeleza eNew York, ePennsylvania, naseMadmanna ibe seChesapeake Bay. I-Susquehanna River Water Trail inikeza imisebenzi yokuzilibazisa ehlanganisa ukudoba, ukushayela, ukuhamba ngezinyawo nokuhamba ngezinyawo ezibucayi.

08 ka-15

I-Patapsco River Map

Umfula wePatcoco ungumfula wamamitha angu-39 enkabeni yeMadrid egijima e-Chesapeake Bay. Indawo ehamba phambili yasePatapsco iwela iBaltimore Harbor kanye neTort McHenry Tunnels kanye neFrancis Scott Key Bridge. Umfula ulawulwa njengenhlanzi yokudoba i-put-and-take cishe emakhilomitha angu-10 ePatapsco Valley State Park. Amathuba okungcebeleka afaka ukuhamba ngezinyawo, ukudoba, ukudoba, ukuhamba ngemikhumbi, ukuhamba ngamahhashi nokuhamba ngebhayisikili.

09 ka-15

I-Severn River Imephu

I-Severn River ihamba ngamamayela angu-14 nge-Anne Arundel County, enezinhlobonhlobo zamanzi eGambills kanye nokungena kwayo e- Chesapeake Bay e-Annapolis. Amadolobha aseSeverna Park, i-Sherwood Forest, i-Arnold, i-Herald Harbor ne-Annapolis banokufinyelela kalula emfuleni wokubhukuda, ukudoba nokudoba.

10 kwangu-15

I-Chester River Imephu

I-Chester River iyinhloko enkulu yeChesapeake Bay. Yakha umngcele phakathi kweKent County neNdlovukazi yase-Queen Anne's, eMadland, enezikhukhula zayo eziya eNew Castle County naseKent County, eDelaware. Itholakala eningizimu yoMfula waseSassafras nasenyakatho ye-Eastern Bay, futhi ixhunywe ne-Eastern Bay nge-Kent Narrows.

11 kwangu-15

I-Sassafras River Map

Umfula waseSassafras ungamamitha angaba ngu-22 ubude futhi uqala entshonalanga yeNew Castle County, eDelaware, kanye nomngcele ophakathi kweCecil County, Maryland enyakatho neKent County, Maryland eningizimu. Kungaseningizimu yoMfula i-Elk nasenyakatho yeChester River. Umfula waseSassafras uhlala emanzini amaningi namanqamu amane amakhulu, konke okutholakala ngaseGeorgetown, eMadland.

12 kwangu-15

Imephu ye-Choptank River

Umfula weChoptank uyinhloko enkulu yeChesapeake Bay nomfula omkhulu kunazo zonke e-Peninsula yaseDelmarva. Ukugijima ngamamitha angu-71, kuvela eKent County, eDelaware, kugijima kuCaroline County, eMaldin futhi kudala umngcele omkhulu phakathi kweTalbot County, Maryland enyakatho, neCaroline County noDorchester County empumalanga naseningizimu. I- Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, i-Spa ne-Marina itholakala ogwini elisempumalanga eCambridge, MD.

13 kwangu-15

I-Nanticoke River Map

Umfula iNanticoke wamamitha angu-64.3 ukhuphuka eningizimu yeKent County, eDelaware, ugeleza ngeSussex County, eDelaware, futhi ubeka umngcele phakathi kweDorchester County, Maryland kanye neWicomico County, Maryland. Inkambo yemifula yomfula iqhubeka eningizimu-ntshonalanga eya eTangier Sound, eKesapeake Bay. I-ecotourism yamamitha angu-26 emigwaqeni yamanzi egijima eceleni koMfula, iqhubekela phambili emgwaqeni wamanzi wamamayela angama-37 ehamba ngeDan Maryland kuya eCheesapeake Bay.

14 kwangu-15

Umfula wePocomoke

Umfula iPocomoke uhamba ngamamitha angaba ngu-66 ukusuka eningizimu yeDelaware ngaseningizimu-ntshonalanga Maryland. Emlonyeni walo, umfula uyisandla seChesapeake Bay, kanti umfula ophezulu ugeleza uchungechunge lwezinhlanzi ezingenakufinyeleleka okuthiwa i-Great Cypress Swamp.

15 kwangu-15

I-Wicomico River Map

Umfula i-Wicomico ungumkhumbi wamamitha angu-24.4 we-Chesapeake Bay ogwini elisempumalanga yeMadrid. Umfula ungomunye wababili eMaldinley negama elifanayo, kanye noMfula iWicomico (umfula weMfula iNotomac) eningizimu enkabeni yeMadrid.

Funda kabanzi mayelana ne-Chesapeake Bay