Zoona Zake Pamsewu wa Kumidzi ya Atlantic
Mphepete mwa nyanja ya Chesapeake, ku United States, ili pafupifupi makilomita pafupifupi 200 kuchokera ku Susquehanna River kupita ku nyanja ya Atlantic. Malo omwe amapezeka m'nyanjayi, omwe amadziwika kuti Mtsinje wa Chesapeake, ndiwo ma kilomita 64,000 ndipo amalumikizana mbali zisanu ndi chimodzi: Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, komanso Washington DC . Zochita pa Bayesi ya Chesapeake monga nsomba, kukwapula, kusambira, kukwera bwato, kayaking, ndi kuyendetsa sitima zimakonda kwambiri ndipo zimapereka chithandizo chochuluka ku chuma cha zokopa alendo ku Maryland ndi Virginia.
Onani chitsogozo ku Mizinda ndi Midzi Kufupi ndi Kachisi ya Chesapeake .
Onani mapu a Chesapeake Bay
Crossing Bay
- Bwato la Chesapeake Bay limadutsa pamtunda ku Maryland kuchokera ku Sandy Point (pafupi ndi Annapolis) kupita ku chilumba cha Kent. Mlathowu umayenda mamita 4,3 ndipo uli ndi magalimoto 1,500 pamsewu, pa ola limodzi.
- Mtsinje wa Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel ku Virginia umagwirizanitsa Virginia Beach ndi Cape Charles. Ndilo msewu wamakilomita angapo wamtunda wodutsa pamsewu womwe umapereka mwayi wochokera ku Southeastern Virginia kupita ku Delmarva Peninsula.
Mfundo Zochititsa Chidwi Pamalo a Chesapeake Bay
- Mtsinjewo ndi wamtunda wa makilomita makumi atatu pamtunda waukulu kwambiri ndipo pamtunda wautali kwambiri mamita 2.8. Pakatikatikati mwazitali ya Chesapeake Bay ndi mamita makumi asanu ndi limodzi ndipo kukula kwake ndi mamita 208.
- Pali mitsinje, mitsinje, kapena mitsinje yoposa 100,000, mumtsinje wa Chesapeake, kuphatikizapo mitsinje yayikulu 150.
- Mphepete mwa nyanjayi imapereka chakudya, madzi, ndi malo odyetserako mitundu yoposa 3,600 ya zomera ndi zinyama, kuphatikizapo mitundu 350 ya nsomba.
- Zaka zoposa 500 miliyoni za nsomba zimatengedwa kuchokera ku Bay chaka chilichonse.
- Mabwato a Bayp skipjack anali otsiriza ogulitsa nsomba zamakono kuti agwiritse ntchito nyanja ku North America.
Zakudya Zakudya Zam'madzi, Zinyama Zamasamba ndi Zomera Zokola
Mtsinje wa Chesapeake umadziwika bwino chifukwa chopanga nsomba, makamaka nkhanu za buluu, zida, oyster ndi rockfish (dzina lachigawo la mabasiketi).
Mtsinjewu umakhalanso ndi mitundu yoposa 350 ya nsomba kuphatikizapo Atlantic menhaden ndi Eel America. Mbalamezi zimaphatikizapo Osprey wa ku America, Great Blue Heron, Mphungu Yamphongo, ndi Falcon Peregrine. Mitengo yambiri imapangitsanso kanyumba ka Chesapeake kunyumba ndi pansi pa madzi. Zomera zomwe zimapangitsa kuti azikhala m'nyanjayi zimaphatikizapo mpunga wamtchire, mitengo yosiyanasiyana ngati mapulogalamu ofiira ndi mapalasitiki, ndi spartina udzu ndi ziphuphu.
Zopseza ndi Kuteteza Mtsinje wa Chesapeake
Chotsogolera ku Chesapeake Bay ndizowononga kwambiri madzi a nitrojeni ndi phosphorous kuchokera ku ulimi, kusamba kwa madzi osambira, kuthamanga kuchokera kumidzi ndi kumidzi ya m'midzi, komanso kuwonongeka kwa mpweya kuchokera ku magalimoto, mafakitale, ndi zomera. Kuyesera kubwezeretsa kapena kusungabe khalidwe la madzi tsopano la Bay lakhala ndi zotsatira zosiyana. Njira zowonjezeramo zowonjezereka kukonzanso mankhwala osokoneza bongo, pogwiritsira ntchito matekinoloji ochotsa nitrogen pa septic systems, ndi kuchepa kwa feteleza ntchito ku udzu. Chesapeake Bay Foundation ndi bungwe lopanda ndalama, lopanda phindu loperekedwa kuti liziteteza ndi kubwezeretsa Chesapeake Bay.
Zoonjezerapo
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Chesapeake Research Consortium
Mgwirizano wa Bayi ya Chesapeake
Pezani Chesapeake Yanu