Osimiri Potomac: Nduzi nke Washington DC nke Waterfront

Isi Ebe Mmiri na Ntụrụndụ na Osimiri Potoma

Osimiri Potomac bụ osimiri nke anọ kasị ukwuu n'akụkụ osimiri Atlantic na nke 21 kasị ukwuu na United States. Ọ na-eru ihe dị ka 383 site na Fairfax Stone, West Virginia ruo Point Lookout, Maryland na drains 14,670 square kilomita nke ala site na anọ na Washington na DC DC. Osimiri Potoma ahụ na-abanye na Chesapeake Bay ma na-emetụta ihe karịrị nde mmadụ isii bi n'ime mmiri mmiri Potoma, bụ ala ebe mmiri na-asọba n'ọnụ ọnụ osimiri ahụ.

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George Washington hụrụ isi obodo ahụ dị ka ebe azụmahịa na oche nke ọchịchị. O kpebiri ịtọ "obodo gọọmenti etiti" n'akụkụ Osimiri Potomac n'ihi na o tinyelarị obodo ukwu abụọ: Georgetown na Alexandria . " Potomac " bụ aha Algonquin maka osimiri ahụ pụtara "nnukwu ahịa ahịa."

Washington, DC malitere iji Osimiri Potomac bụrụ ebe isi iyi mmiri ọṅụṅụ na-emeghe nke Washington Aqueduct na 1864. A na-eji ihe dịka lita 486 nde mmiri kwa ụbọchị na mpaghara Washington DC. Ihe dị ka pasent 86 nke ndị bi n'ógbè ahụ na-enweta mmiri ọṅụṅụ sitere n'aka ndị na-ebute mmiri na mmiri mgbe pasent 13 jiri mmiri dị mma. N'ihi ịbawanye ọgaranya nke mmepere emepe, ebe obibi mmiri nke Osimiri Potoma na ndị na-enye ya mmiri na-adighi ike na eutrophication, nnukwu ọla, pesticides na ọgwụ ndị ọzọ na-egbu egbu. Òtù Potomac Watershed, otu ìgwè ndị na-emekọ ihe ọnụ, jikọtara ọnụ iji chebe mmiri ọdọ mmiri Potomac.

Ndị na-esote ndị isi nke Osimiri Potoma

Ndị isi ndị isi nke Potomac gụnyere Osimiri Anacostia , Antietam Creek, Osimiri Cacapon, Catoctin Creek, Conocoheague Creek, Osimiri Monocacy, Alaka North, South Branch, Osimiri Occoquan, Osimiri Na-ahụ Ike, Senaca Creek, na Osimiri Shenandoah .

Obodo ukwu na basin mmiri

Obodo ukwu dị na Potomac Basin gụnyere: Washington, DC; Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Frederick, Rockville, Waldorf, na St. Mary's City na Maryland; Chambersburg na Gettysburg na Pennsylvania; Alexandria, Arlington, Harrisonburg, na Front Royal na Virginia; na Harper's Ferry, Charles Town, na Martinsburg na West Virginia.

Isi Osimiri Mmiri Potomac dị na Washington DC Mpaghara

Ntụrụndụ tinyere Osimiri Potoma