Chesapeake Bay Watershed Map

It extends east from mountain streams near blacksburg, virginia to berlin, maryland (near ocean city). A new chesapeake bay watershed action plan outlines how nrcs will help farmers, forest landowners, and partners improve water quality, boost soil health, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat in the chesapeake bay watershed. Landsat 8 mosaic provides true color composite image.

A watershed also includes groundwater aquifers that discharge to and receive discharge from streams, wetlands, ponds, and lakes. Landsat 8 mosaic provides true color composite image. A similar map was published in the state of the chesapeake forests report.

This map shows the complete or partial congressional districts that make up the area of the chesapeake bay basin.

Usgs poster map of the chesapeake bay watershed. This map separates small watersheds of the chesapeake bay basin into eight classes based on the percentages of forest, agriculture and developed land covers from year 2000 satellite data within those watersheds. The chesapeake bay watershed spans more than 64,000 square miles, encompassing parts of six states—delaware, maryland, new york, pennsylvania, virginia and west virginia—and the entire district of columbia. The chesapeake bay is an estuary off of the atlantic ocean.