Izindawo eziManzi zamanzi nezokuzijabulisa KuMfula wasePotomac
Umfula wasePotomac wuwumfula wesine ngobukhulu eceleni kolwandle lwase-Atlantic kanye nobukhulu obukhulu kakhulu e-United States. Ihamba ngamamitha angaphezu kwangu-383 ukusuka eFafafax Stone, eNtshonalanga Virginia kuya ePot Lookout, eMaldan futhi idle indawo engamamitha angu-14,670 endaweni evela emazweni amane naseWashington DC. Umfula wasePotomac ugeleza ungene e- Chesapeake Bay futhi uthinta abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-6 abahlala ngaphakathi kwe-Potomac watershed, indawo lapho amanzi egeleza khona emlonyeni womfula.
UGeorge Washington ubheke inhloko-dolobha yesizwe njengesikhungo sokuhweba kanye nesihlalo sikahulumeni. Ukhethe ukwakha "idolobha lase-federal" eMfuleni wasePotomac ngoba selivele liqukethe amadolobha amabili amakhulu: i- Georgetown ne- Alexandria . " Potomac " kwakuyigama le-Algonquin lomfula elisho "indawo enkulu yokuhweba."
IWashington, DC yaqala ukusebenzisa uMfula iPotomac njengomthombo wayo oyinhloko wamanzi okuphuza ngokuvula i-Washington Aqueduct ngo-1864. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-486 million amanzi asetshenziswa nsuku zonke eWashington DC. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-86 omphakathi wesifunda athola amanzi ayo okuphuza kubantu abahlinzeka ngamanzi emphakathini kanti amaphesenti angu-13 asebenzisa amanzi ahlanzekile. Ngenxa yokukhula kwentuthuko yasemadolobheni, indawo yokuhlala emanzini eMfuleni wasePotomac kanye nemifula yayo isengozini yokwehliswa kwe-eutrophication, izinsimbi ezisindayo, izibulala-zinambuzane namanye amakhemikhali anobuthi. Ukubambisana kwePotomac Watershed, iqembu elihlangene lezinhlangano zokulondoloza, basebenzisana ndawonye ukuvikela uMfula wasePotomac.
Izinhlanzi ezinkulu zamaMfula wasePotomac
Amanzi amakhulu asePotomac ahlanganisa uMfula i-Anacostia , i-Antietam Creek, uMfula iKacapon, iCatoctin Creek, iConocoheague Creek, uMfula i-Monocacy, i-North Branch, i-South Branch, uMfula i-Occoquan, uMfula iSavage, iSeneaca Creek, noMfula waseShenandoah .
Amadolobha amakhulu eMgodini wasePotomac
Amadolobha amakhulu aseBotomac Basin ahlanganisa: iWashington, DC; Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Frederick, Rockville, Waldorf, noMkhandlu waseSt. Mary eMaldin; EChambersburg naseGettysburg ePennsylvania; I-Alexandria, i-Arlington, i-Harrisonburg ne-Front Royal eVirginia; kanye neHarper's Ferry, uCharles Town, neMartinsburg eWest Virginia.
Izindawo ezinkulu eziMfula iNew Potomac River eWashington DC Area
- I-Great Falls - I-park kazwelonke iyimvelo ephawulekayo yemvelo enezinye izindawo ezinhle kunazo zonke esifundeni. Imisebenzi yokuzijabulisa ihlanganisa ukuhamba ngezinyawo, ukubheka izithombe, ukugibela kayaking, ukukhwela ngamadwala, ukuhamba ngebhayisikili nokugibela amahhashi.
- I-Georgetown - Umphakathi wangaphambili wamanzi ungenye yezindawo ezithandeka kakhulu zeDkt ukuthenga nokudla. Kuyindawo enhle yokuhlola ngezindawo eziningi zomlando, iminyuziyamu nezinto eziningi zokwenza. Ukuhamba nge-Kayaking nokuhamba ngebhayisikili kuthandwa kakhulu.
- I-Southwest Waterfront - Le ndawo ikhula ngokushesha futhi kulindeleke ukuba ibe nezinguquko ezinkulu kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo. Indawo yangasemanzini njengamanje i- Arena Stage , ama-marinas, izindawo zokudlela nama-nightclub.
- I-Alexandria - Indawo evelele yaseNorway Virginia iyayaziwa ngomlingiswa wayo we-18 kanye nekhulu le-19, iminyuziyamu, izitolo, izindawo zokudla kanye nobusuku. Amathuba okugibela amabhayisikili nokuhamba ngebhayisikili atholakalayo.
- INtaba iVernon - Ifa kanye nezitidi zikaGeorge Washington zihlezi entabeni ebheke eMfuleni wasePotomac. Indawo yasemlandweni "kufanele ibone" indawo, okuyi-14 miles eningizimu yeWashington, DC.
- Isikhumulo sikazwelonke - Umphakathi oxubekile, ovuliwe entwasahlobo ka-2008, uhlanganisa amahhotela, izindawo zokudlela, izitolo zokudayisa, amakhondomu, i-marina yesevisi egcwele, isikhungo somhlangano, kanye nendawo yokuhweba yehhovisi. Imicimbi ekhethekile ibanjwe unyaka wonke eduze komgwaqo wasePotomac.
- I-George Washington Memorial Parkway - Umgwaqo uyingxenye yeNational Park ohlelweni futhi uxhumanisa izindawo ezikhangayo zaseWashington DC nezingosi zomlando ezisuka e-Great Falls Park kuya eNtabeni yaseGeorge Washington eVernon Estate. Izikhumbuzo eziningana, ama-marinas namapaki akhona endleleni.
Ukuzijabulisa KuMfula wasePotomac
- Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili nokugijima - Imigwaqo ehamba ngezinyawo / emigwaqweni yokuhamba emgwaqeni oMfula iPotomac ihlanganisa i-Capital Crescent Trail ephuma eGeorgetown iya eBethesda, eMaryland, eNtabeni iVernon ephuma eTheodore Roosevelt Island eya eNtabeni Vernon, eVirginia naseC & O Towpath elandela i-Potomac Umfula phakathi kweGeorgetown noCumberland, eMadland.
- I- kayaking - Abadlali bezemidlalo basekhaya bahlinzeka ngemikhumbi ye-kayak kanye nezifundo ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene eMfuleni iPotomac.
- Izinkanyezi zokubheka - Izikebhe ezihlukahlukene ziyatholakala, zisuka eWashington, DC, e-Alexandria, eNtabeni Vernon naseNational Harbour.