Amaqiniso Ngomgwaqo WaseMid-Atlantic
I-Chesapeake Bay, i-estuary enkulu kunazo zonke e-United States, ihamba ngamamitha angaba ngu-200 ukusuka eMfuleni i-Susquehanna kuya e-Atlantic Ocean. Indawo yomhlaba eguguleka echwebeni, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Chesapeake Bay Watershed, ingamayela angama-square angama-64,000 futhi ihlanganisa izingxenye eziyisithupha zithi: Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, naseWest Virginia, kanye neWashington DC . Imisebenzi e-Chesapeake Bay efana nokudoba, ukugwaza, ukubhukuda, ukugibela, ukuhamba nge-kayaking, nokuhamba ngomkhumbi kuyathandwa kakhulu futhi kunomthelela omkhulu emnothweni wezokuvakasha waseMalton naseVirginia.
Bheka umhlahlandlela weMidolobha namadolobhana ohlangene ne-Chesapeake Bay .
Bona ibalazwe le-Chesapeake Bay
Ukuwela i-Bay
- I-Chesapeake Bay Bridge idlula e-Maryland esuka eSandy Point (eduze kwase-Annapolis) iya eChit Island. Ibhuloho lihamba ngamamitha angu-4.3 futhi likwazi ukuhamba ngezimoto ezingu-1,500 ngomzila, ngehora.
- I- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel eVirginia ixhuma iVirge Beach kuya eCape Charles. Kuyindlela ehamba ngezinyawo ezihamba ngamamitha angu-20 ukuhamba ngezimoto ezihamba ngokuqondile ezivela eSouth-East-Virginia kuze kube se-Delmarva Peninsula.
Amaqiniso Okuthakazelisayo Nge-Chesapeake Bay
- I-Bay ingamakhilomitha angu-30 ububanzi endaweni ephakeme kunazo zonke futhi i-2.8 miles endaweni yayo encane kakhulu. Ukujula kwesilinganiso se-Chesapeake Bay kunamamitha angu-46 futhi ukujula okungaphezulu kunamamitha angu-208.
- Kunemifudlana engaphezu kuka-100,000, ama-creeks, noma imifula esihlahleni se-Chesapeake, kufaka phakathi imifula emikhulu engu-150.
- I-Bay Bay ihlinzeka ngezindawo zokudla, amanzi, kanye nezidleke ezinhlotsheni ezingaphezu kuka-3 600 zezitshalo nezilwane, kuhlanganise nezinhlobo ezingu-350 zezinhlanzi.
- Amapounds angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-500 ezilwane zasolwandle avuna kusukela e-Bay minyaka yonke.
- Imikhumbi ye-skipjack ye-Bay yayiyizikebhe zokudoba zokugcina zokudoba ukusebenzisa amandla okuhamba eNyakatho Melika.
Izilwane zasolwandle, izilwane zasendle nezimila zemifino
I-Chesapeake Bay iyaziwa kakhulu ngokukhiqizwa kwayo kwasolwandle, ikakhulukazi ama-crabs, ama- clams, ama-oysters kanye ne-rockfish (igama lesifunda lamabhasi aqoshiwe).
I-Bay iphinde ibe nezinhlobo ezingaphezu kwezingu-350 zezinhlanzi ezihlanganisa i-Atlantic menhaden ne-eel yaseMelika. Izilwane ezidliwa yizinyoni zihlanganisa i-American Osprey, i-Great Blue Heron, i-Bald Eagle, ne-Falcon yasePeregrine. Imifula eminingi yenza iKeesapeake Bay ibe yindlu yabo kokubili emhlabeni nasemanzini. Imifino eyenza ikhaya layo e-Bay ihlanganisa ilayisi lasendle, izihlahla ezihlukahlukene ezifana ne-maple obomvu ne-cypress ye-bald, kanye ne-spartina utshani nama-scragmites.
Ukusongela nokuvikela i-Chesapeake Bay
Ukusongela okuholela empilweni ye-Chesapeake Bay kungcolisa ngokweqile i-nitrogen ne-phosphorus ezivela kwezolimo, izitshalo zokwelashwa kwamanzi okuthuthwa kwamanzi, izindawo ezivela ezindaweni zasemadolobheni nasezindaweni zasemadolobheni, nokungcoliswa komoya okuvela emotweni, ezimbonini kanye nasezitshalweni zamandla. Imizamo yokubuyisela noma yokugcina ikhwalithi yamanzi yamanje ye-Bay iye yaba nemiphumela ehlanganisiwe. Izixazululo zokufaka ukuthuthukiswa kwezitshalo zokwelashwa kwamanzi okuthuthwa kwamanzi, usebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokususwa kwe-nitrogen kuma-septic systems, kanye nokunciphisa ukufaka izicelo zomanyolo emanzini. I-Chesapeake Bay Foundation yinhlangano eyimali eyisixhaso, engenzi inzuzo ezinikele ekuvikeleni nasekubuyiseleni i-Chesapeake Bay.
Izinsiza ezengeziwe
I-Chesapeake Bay Foundation
I-Chesapeake Research Consortium
I-Alliance ye-Chesapeake Bay
Thola i-Chesapeake yakho