切萨皮克湾
乞沙比克灣(英語:),是美国面积最大的河口湾,位于美国大西洋海岸中部,为马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州三面环绕,仅南部与大西洋连通。其名来自阿尔冈金印第安语,意为“大贝壳湾”。
乞沙比克灣南北长约300公里,最窄处仅6.4公里宽,最宽处波托马克河河口处也只有50公里宽。该湾曾经是美国主要的渔业基地之一,但现在由于流域内城市和农场的污染,产量已大不如前。
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外部链接
- Saving The Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chesapeake Research Consortium 页面存档备份,存于
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay Program
- Chesapeake Bay Journal
- Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network
- Chesapeake Community Modeling Program
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge (near Annapolis, MD)
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
- Maryland Sea Grant
- Scientist's Cliffs页面存档备份,存于
- National Geographic- Saving The Chesapeake
- National Geographic- Exploring The Chesapeake Then and Now
- National Geographic Magazine Jamestown/Werowocomoco Interactive
- John Smith Water Trail Blog - Musings and Meanders on the Chesapeake Bay页面存档备份,存于
- Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Water Trail页面存档备份,存于
- Sailing the Chesapeake Bay
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