Iimephu zeChesapeake Bay

01 ngo-15

Iimephu, iMigodi kunye namaPhulo okuFika kwiChesapeake Bay

I- Chesapeake Bay ihamba ngamamayela angama-200 kwaye iquka indawo enkulu e-Maryland naseVirginia. Le mephu ibonisa ummandla wonke. I- Chesapeake Bay Bridge ekupheleni ekumntla inikeza ukufikelela phakathi kwe-Annapolis (Sandy Point) kunye ne-Maryland Eastern Shore (Stevensville). Ekupheleni kwe-Bay, i- Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel idibanisa i-Virginia yase-Eastern Shore kunye ne-Virginia kwilizwe laseVirginia kufuphi neNorfolk.

I-Chesapeake Bay inikezela izinto ezahlukeneyo zokuzonwabisa, ezifana nokuloba, ukukrazula, ukubhukuda, ukuhamba ngeenqanawa, ukuhamba ngeenqanawa kunye nokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Ezinye zeendawo ezithandwayo ezikulo ndawo zihlala kwindawo yaseBay. Khangela isikhokelo esiya kwiidolophu kunye needolophu ezihlangene neChesapeake Bay.

I-Chesapeake Bay Tributaries (iMifula)

Kukho amawaka eentlanzi ezithumela amanzi amanzi kwi-Chesapeake Bay kwaye inike indawo yokuhlala ebalulekileyo kwizilwanyana zasemanzini nezityalo. Le milambo, imilambo nemilambo inika abantu ithuba lokufikelela kwindawo yokuzonwabisa. Jonga amaphupha alandelayo uze ufunde okunye malunga nalezi zixhobo ezinkulu.

• UMlambo wasePotomac
• Patuxent River
• River Rappahannock
• River York
• River James
• Elizabeth River
• River Susquehanna
• Umlambo wePatcoco
• River Severn
• Chester River
• Umlambo waseSassafras
• Umlambo weChoankank
• UMlambo waseNanticoke
• Umlambo wePocomoke
• River Wicomico

02 we-15

Imephu yeMlambo yasePotomac

Umlambo wasePotomac uhamba malunga neekhilomitha ezili-383 ukusuka kwiFlafax Stone, eNtshona Virginia ukuya kwiPot Lookout, eMaryland kwaye uphumelele kwiChesapeake Bay. Umlambo wesine ubukhulu kunxweme lwase-Atlanti kwaye unamanzi amaninzi kunye nemilambo egeleza kuyo. I-Potomac inikezela ngamathuba amaninzi okuzonwabisa kunye neendawo zaseWashington DC kwaye ineendawo ezininzi zokufikelela kwindawo ephantsi. Funda kabanzi malunga noMlambo wasePotomac.

03 we-15

Imephu yoMlambo wePatuxent

Umlambo wePatuxent ungumgcini weChesapeake Bay oqhankanya ulwandle olungasentshonalanga kaRhulumente waseNyakatho yeMelika ukuya ngasentla. Umlambo uphaya iintlobo ezingaphezu kwe-100 zeentlanzi, kubandakanya i-bass, i-catfish, i-pickerel yeketani kunye ne-blue. I-Patuxent Water Trail winds ngokusebenzisa amabakala asixhenxe e-Maryland. I-Patuxent yoMgcini weMlambo isebenza kwiziko leendwendwe le-visitor kwi-17412 i-Nottingham Road; Upper Marlboro, MD. Iziko lihlawula i-kayak kunye neekhenkethi kwaye linika ihotele kunye noMlambo woMlambo.

04 we-15

Imephu yaseRappahannock yoMlambo

UMlambo waseRappahannock uhambela malunga neekhilomitha ezili-184 ukusuka kwiiNtaba zeBlue Ridge entshonalanga ukuya kwiChesapeake Bay ngasezantsi komlambo wasePotomac. I-Rappahannock inikeza enye yeendlela eziqhelekileyo ezikhuselekileyo nezikhuselekileyo kumlambo waseChesapeake Bay. EmaNtla kaFredericksburg , umlambo unika ithuba elihle kakhulu lokuhamba ngeenqanawa kunye ne-kayaking. Abahlobo beRappahannock yintlangano engabonakaliyo yenkqubo yokulondolozwa eyazinikela ekukhuseleni nasekugcineni ubuhle bamanzi kunye nobuhle obuhle bomlambo.

05 we-15

Imephu yeNew York

Umlambo waseYork ungummandla ojikelezayo wamamayela angama-34 esempuma yeRichmond ohambisa amanzi kwiChesapeake Bay ngasempuma-mpuma, angena kwi-bay malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-5 empuma yeYorktown. Ukuwela kuphela komlambo nguGeorge P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, i-drawbridge-type type-swing ehamba ne-US Highway 17 phakathi kweYorktown neGloucester Point.

06 we-15

Imephu yeJames River

Umlambo waseJames ugosa omkhulu waseVirginia kwiChesapeake Bay, ejikeleza lonke ilizwe ukusuka ekuqaleni kweBath kunye ne-Highland Counties kwaye iphele kwiHolton Road. UJames ungumlambo omkhulu waseVirginia. Iimitha ezili-340 ubude, okwenza kube ngumlambo omde kakhulu eMelika oqala kwaye uphele kwilizwe elinye. Ukuphakama kwamanzi kubandakanywa ngamacandelo amathathu. Upper James Watershed uqala e-Allegheny County kwaye uhamba ngeAllegheny kunye neBlue Ridge Mountains ukuya eLynchburg. UMbindi uJames ugijima ukusuka eLynchburg ukuya kwi-Fall Line e-Richmond, ngoxa uYakobi osezantsi uhamba ukusuka kumgca we-Richmond waya eKeasapeake Bay. UYakobi uhlala kwelinye lamanxweme amakhulu nakakhulu kunawo wonke e-Norfolk.

07 we-15

Imephu yaseSusquehanna

Umlambo waseSushanna u-464 miles kunye nomlambo omde kunxweme lwaseMpuma ohlala e-Atlantic Ocean. USusquehanna uyaphuma aze aqhube eNew York, ePennsylvania, naseMaldinke kwiChesapeake Bay. I-Susquehanna River Water Trail inikeza imisebenzi yokuzonwabisa, kubandakanywa ukuloba, ukuhamba ngeenqanawa, ukujikeleza kunye nokuhamba ngeendawo eziqhelekileyo.

08 we-15

Imephu yoMlambo wePatcoco

Umlambo wasePatcoco ngumlambo omude wama-kilometa ezingama-39 kumbindi waseMaldan, oya kwiChesapeake Bay. Indawo ehamba phambili yePatcoco iwela iBhartimore Harbor kunye neTort McHenry Tunnels kwakunye neFrancis Scott Key Bridge. Umlambo ulawulwa njengendawo yokuloba i-trout-take-and-take ngasekupheleni kweekhilomitha ezili-10 zePatapsco Valley State Park. Amathuba okuzonwabisa anokubandakanya ukuhamba, ukuloba, inkampu, iinqanawa, iifama kunye neendlela zokuhamba ngebhayisikili.

09 we-15

Imephu yeSevern River

UMlambo waseSevern uhamba ngeekhilomitha eziyi-14 ngeAlin Arundel County, kunye neentloko zawo kwiGambices kunye nokungena kwayo e- Chesapeake Bay e-Annapolis. Iidolophu zaseSeverna Park, iSherwood Forest, Arnold, Herald Harbour kunye ne-Annapolis banokufikelela lula kumlambo wokubhukuda, ukukhupha nokuloba.

10 we-15

Imephu yeKester River

I-Chester River iyinkunzi enkulu yeChesapeake Bay. Yenza umda phakathi kweKent County ne-Queen Anne's County, eMaryland, kunye neentloko zawo eziya eNew Castle County naseKent County, eDelaware. Itholakala ngaseningizimu yoMlambo waseSassafras kunye nenyakatho ye-Eastern Bay, kwaye idibene ne-Eastern Bay nge-Kent Narrows.

11 we-15

Imephu yaseSassafras yoMlambo

Umlambo waseSassafras ubude malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-22 ubude kwaye uqala entshonalanga yeNew Castle County, iDelaware, kunye nomda phakathi kweCecil County, eMaryland ngasenyakatho kunye neKent County, eMaryland ngasezantsi. Kusezantsi kwe-Elk River kunye nomntla weChester River. Umlambo waseSassafras uhlala emanzini amaninzi kunye neenqanawa ezine ezinkulu, zonke ezikufutshane naseGeorgetown, eMaldin.

12 kwi-15

Imephu yoMlambo i-Choptank

Umlambo weChoptank uyinxalenye enkulu yeChesapeake Bay kunye nomlambo omkhulu kwi-Peninsula yaseDelmarva. Ukugijima malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-71, ivela eKent County, eDelaware, isebenza ngeCaroline County, eMaldin kwaye iqulunqa umda omkhulu phakathi kweTalbot County, eMaryland ngasenyakatho, kunye neCaroline County kunye neDorchester County ngasempumalanga nangasentla. I- Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, i-Spa ne-Marina ihlala ngaselunxwemeni lwaseCambridge, MD.

13 we-15

Imephu yoMlambo iNanticoke

Umlambo waseNanticoke u-64.3 ophakama kwi-Kent County, iDelaware, uhamba ngeSussex County, iDelaware, kwaye ubeka umda phakathi kweDorchester County, Maryland kunye neWicomico County, Maryland. Inkqubo yomlambo ogqithiseleyo iyaqhubeka ngasentshonalanga kwiTangier Sound, eKesapeake Bay. I-ecotourism yamanzi engama-26 ehamba emlanjeni oMlambo, iqhubekela phambili kumzila wamanzi angama-37 ukusuka eDan Maryland ukuya kwiChesapeake Bay.

14 we-15

Umlambo wePocomoke

Umlambo wePocomoke ujikeleza malunga neekhilomitha ezili-66 ukusuka kumzantsi weDelaware ngasemntla-mpuma yeMadland. Emlonyeni walo, umlambo uyingalo yeChesapeake Bay, kanti umlambo ophezulu uhamba phakathi kweentlanzo ezininzi ezingenakufikeleleka ezibizwa ngokuba yi-Great Cypress Swamp.

15 we-15

Imephu yoMlambo iWicomico

Umlambo iWicomico ngumthamo wama-24.4-mayela ubude be-Chesapeake Bay ngasempuma-mpuma yeMaldin. Umlambo ungomnye wabini eMaldinali negama elifanayo, kunye noMlambo iWicomico (umgcini weMlambo wasePotomac) eningizimu yeMantal eMadrid.

Funda kabanzi malunga neChesapeake Bay