Iindawo eziManzi eziManzi kunye nezoLonwabo KuMlambo wasePotomac
Umlambo wasePotomac ngumlambo wesine ngobukhulu kunxweme lwe-Atlantic kunye ne-21 enkulu kunazo zonke e-United States. Ihamba ngeekhilomitha ezingama-383 ukusuka kwiFlafax Stone, eNtshona Virginia ukuya kwiPot Lookout, eMaldonia kwaye idonsa ii-14,670 iekhilomitha ezili-1,670 zomhlaba ukusuka kwiindawo ezine kunye ne-Washington DC. Umlambo wePotomac ugelela kwiChesapeake Bay kwaye ichaphazela abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-6 abahlala ngaphakathi kwe-Potomac, kwindawo yomhlaba apho amanzi aphuma khona emlonyeni womlambo.
UGeorge Washington wayebhekiselele kwikomkhulu lelizwe njengeziko loshishino kunye nesihlalo sikarhulumente. Wakhetha ukwakhiwa "kwidolophu yaseburhulumenteni" ecaleni loMlambo wasePotomac kuba sele sele iqulethe iidolophu ezimbini ezinkulu ezikulo dolophu: iGeorgetown neAleksandria . "I- Potomac " yayingu-Algonquin igama lomlambo othi "indawo enkulu yokurhweba."
IWashington, DC yaqala ukusebenzisa uMlambo wasePotomac njengowona mthombo oyintloko wamanzi okusela kunye nokuvulwa kweWashington Aqueduct ngo-1864. Umyinge wama-486 yezigidi zamagregri zamanzi asetyenziswa kwimihla ngemihla eWashington DC. Amaphesenti angama-86 ommandla wendawo afumana amanzi ayo okusela kumanzi abanikezeli bamanzi ngelixa iipesenti ezingama-13 zisebenzisa amanzi asemgangathweni. Ngenxa yokuphuhlisa ukuphuhliswa kwedolophu, indawo yamanzi yeMlambo yasePotomac kunye neentlanzi zayo zixhatshazwa kwi-eutrophication, izitropu ezinzima, i-pesticides nezinye iichiza ezinobuthi. Ukusebenzisana kwamanzi ePomomac, iqela elisebenzisanayo lemibutho yolondolozo, isebenzisane kunye nokukhusela umlambo waseMotomac.
Amanzi amaninzi eMlambo wasePotomac
Amanzi amakhulu asePomomac aquka uMlambo i-Anacostia , i-Antietam Creek, uMlambo waseCacapon, iCatoctin Creek, i-Conocoheague Creek, uMlambo waseMonocacy, uMnxweme waseNyakatho, iSebe laseMzantsi, uMlambo wase-Occoquan, uMlambo oMnxweme, iSanaca Creek kunye noMfula waseShenandoah .
Amadolophu amakhulu kwiBasomac Basin
Izixeko ezinkulu kwiBasomac Basin ziquka: iWashington, DC; EBetdada, eCumberland, eHagerstown, uFrederick, i-Rockville, i-Waldorf kunye neSixeko saseSt. Mary eMary; Chambersburg kunye ne-Gettysburg ePennsylvania; I-Alexandria, i-Arlington, iHarrisonburg, ne-Royal Royal eVirginia; kunye neHarper's Ferry, iCharles Town, neMartinsburg eWest Virginia.
Indawo eManzi ePomomac eManzi eMmandla waseWashington DC
- I-Great Falls - Ipaki kazwelonke yindawo ephawulekayo yemvelo kunye neendawo ezibalaseleyo kwindawo. Imisebenzi yoLonwabo kuquka ukuhamba, ukukhwela i-picnicking, i-kayaking, ukunyuka kwamatye, ukuhamba ngeebhayisikili kunye nokugibela ihashe.
- IGeorgetown - Uluntu lwasekuhlaleni lwamanzi lulunye lweendawo ezinqabileyo zeDDC zokuthenga kunye nokutya. Ummandla omhle ukuhlolisisa ngeendawo ezininzi zembali, iimyuziyamu kunye nezinto ezininzi zokwenza. I-kayaking kunye nebhayisikili ziyaziwa kakhulu.
- Ummandla wamanzi aseMzantsi-mpahla - Lo mmandla uphuthuka ngokukhawuleza kwaye kulindeleke ukuba wenze utshintsho olukhulu kwiiminyaka elishumi ezayo. Indawo yangaphambili yamanzi njengamanje i- Arena Stage , i-marinas, iivenkile kunye nee-nightclub.
- I-Aleksandria - Iindawo eziqhelekileyo zaseNorth Virginia zendawo ziyaziwa ngokuba ngumntu onobuchule kunye nezindlu ze-18 kunye ne-19 leminyaka, iminyuziyamu, iivenkile, iivenkile kunye nobusuku. Izithuba zokuhamba ngeebhasi kunye namabhayisikili ziyafumaneka.
- INtaba iVernon - Indawo kunye negadi zaseGeorge Washington zibekwe entabeni ejongene noMlambo wasePomomac. Indawo yembali "kufuneka ibone" indawo eya kuyo, i-14 miles ngasezantsi eWashington, DC.
- I-Harbour National - Ummandla osebenzisanayo, ovulekileyo entwasahlobo ka-2008, uquka iihotele, iivenkile, izitolo zokuthengisa, ii-condominiums, i-marina egcweleyo, isikhungo sendibano kunye ne-ofisi yezoshishino. Iziganeko ezizodwa ziqhutyelwe kuwo wonke unyaka kunye nePomomac.
- IGeorge Washington Memorial Parkway - Indlela leyo inxalenye yeNkqubo yeSizwe yePaki kwaye idibanisa iziqhamo zaseWashington DC kunye namasayithi e-historia esuka kwi-Great Falls Park ukuya kwiNtaba yaseGeorge Washington yaseVernon Estate. Izikhumbuzo eziliqela, i-marinas kunye neepaki zikhona endleleni.
Unonwabo KuMlambo wePotomac
- Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili kunye nokuqhuma - Iindwendwe ezipakiweyo / iindlela zokuhamba nge-biker kunye noMlambo wasePotomac ziquka i-Capital Crescent Trail ehamba ukusuka eGeorgetown ukuya eBetdada, eMaryland, kwiNtaba yaseVernon eya e- Theodore Roosevelt Island ukuya kwiNtaba yaseVernon, eVirginia kunye neC & O Towpath elandela i-Potomac Umlambo phakathi kweGeorgetown kunye noCumberland, eMaryland.
- I-Kayaking - Abadlali bezemidlalo basekhaya banikela ii-kayak zokuqashisa kunye nezifundo kwiindawo ezahlukahlukeneyo kuMlambo wasePotomac.
- Ukugqithiswa kweeNdwendwe - Iindidi ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba, ziyahamba ukusuka eWashington, DC, e-Aleksandriya, eNtabeni iVernon kunye neSizwe soKhuseleko.