Geologic map units contain much information about the mineralogy, chemistry, and physical attributes of the rocks mapped. This paper presents information from regional-scale geologic maps in Maryland and Virginia, which are in the southern part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed in the eastern United ...
The National Watershed Boundary Dataset – Chesapeake Bay Watersheds and Virginia River Basins Posted onMay 4, 2017 Reply By Carol J Bova In 2001, the National Watershed Boundary Dataset (NWBD) became the official hydrologic unit system of the United States. Virginia made some adjustments to simp...
Swipe to see how development from 2006 to 2021 transformed the forest landscape in Virginia's Rappahannock region. The Chesapeake Bay watershed has the highest land to water ratio (14:1) of any watershed on earth! Land use thus has disproportionate impacts on seascapes. Developing on forests and...
What comprises the Mid-Atlantic region can be open to debate, but perhaps the most geographically correct way of thinking about it is as the Chesapeake Bay watershed. From Washington Post Several weeks later, the Sao Tome steamed into Chesapeake Bay and my father stepped shore onto American...
and equitable access to the Chesapeake Bay watershed's natural, cultural, and recreational resources. However, to sustain and encourage further public access to the natural beauty and bounty of the Bay, partners in the Chesapeake Bay are now pursuing increased accessibility with an explicit focus on...
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and its watershed extends to six different states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, as well as Washington, D.C. Its tidal waters are divided into 92 tidal segments and 13 tidal systems (Fig...
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Changes in land cover throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed, accompanied by variability in climate patterns, can impact runoff and water quality. A study was conducted using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) for the James River watershed in Virginia, the southernmost tributary of the Che...
The Chesapeake’s headwaters begin as far north as Cooperstown, New York, and west to Blacksburg, Virginia. The Bay’s watershed stretches over an enormous area of 64,000 square miles, crossing through six states and the District of Columbia. The Bay itself extends nearly 200 miles north to...
(1989–94) occupied stations along a north-south transect to map water-quality properties and to measure NPP and ancillary properties. NASA cruises (1993–94) occupied three stations per cruise in the lower bay, plume, and adjacent shelf waters interspersed with mapping legs to measure NPP, ...