Babban wurare da wuraren shakatawa tare da kogin Potomac
Kogin Potomac shi ne karo na hudu mafi girma a kogin Atlantic da kuma 21st mafi girma a Amurka. Yana da nisan kilomita 383 daga Fairfax Stone, West Virginia zuwa Point Lookout, Maryland kuma ya zubar da kilomita 14,670 daga filin ƙasar daga jihohi hudu da Washington DC. Kogin Potomac ya shiga cikin Chesapeake Bay kuma yana shafar mutane fiye da miliyan 6 da ke zaune a cikin ruwa na Potomac, ƙasar da ruwa ya fadi zuwa bakin kogi.
George Washington ya hango babban birnin kasar a matsayin cibiyar kasuwanci da kuma wurin zama na gwamnati. Ya zaɓi ya kafa "birnin tarayya" tare da Kogin Potomac domin ya riga ya ƙunshi manyan garuruwa biyu: Georgetown da Alexandria . " Potomac " sunan Algonquin ne ga kogin yana nufin "babban wurin ciniki."
Washington, DC ta fara amfani da Kogin Potomac a matsayin tushen tushen ruwan sha tare da bude kofar Washington Aqueduct a 1864. An yi amfani da kimanin lita miliyan 486 na yau da kullum a yankin Washington DC. Kusan kashi 86 cikin dari na yawan mutanen yankin suna shan ruwan sha daga masu samar da ruwa a fili yayin kashi 13 cikin dari suna amfani da ruwa sosai. Saboda ci gaba da bunkasa birane, wurin zama na ruwa na Potomac da kuma wadanda suke da ita suna da damuwa ga eutrophication, ƙananan ƙarfe, magungunan kashe qwari da wasu magunguna masu guba. Kamfanin Potomac Watershed Partnership, ƙungiyar hadin gwiwar kungiyoyin karewa, suna aiki tare domin kare tashar ruwa ta Potomac.
Manyan Ma'aikata na Ruwa Potomac
Ma'aikatan Potomac sun hada da Anacostia River , Antietam Creek, Kogin Cacapon, Catoctin Creek, Conocoheague Creek, Kogin Monocacy, Kogin Arewa, Kogin Kudu, Kogin Occoquan, Kogin Savage, Senaca Creek, da Kogin Shenandoah .
Major Cities a cikin Potomac Basin
Babban birane a cikin tashar Potomac sun haɗa da: Washington, DC; Bethesda, Cumberland, Hagerstown, Frederick, Rockville, Waldorf, da St. Mary's City a Maryland; Chambersburg da Gettysburg a Pennsylvania; Alexandria, Arlington, Harrisonburg, da Front Royal a Virginia; da Harper Ferry, Charles Town, da Martinsburg a West Virginia.
Manyan Potakun Manoma na Manoma na Potomac a Washington DC Area
- Great Falls - Gidan fagen kasa yana da alamar yanayi mai ban mamaki da wasu wurare mafi kyau a yankin. Hanyoyin wasan kwaikwayo ciki har da hiking, wasan kwaikwayo, kayaking, hawa dutse, bicycle, da kuma doki.
- Georgetown - Yankin bakin teku yana daya daga cikin wuraren da ke da sha'awa ga shagon da cin abinci. Yana da babban unguwa don ganowa tare da wuraren tarihi da yawa, gidajen tarihi da yalwar abubuwa da za a yi. Kayaking da bicycling suna shahara sosai.
- Wurin Yammacin Kudu maso yammacin - Wannan unguwa yana hanzarta bunkasawa kuma ana sa ran ana haifar da manyan canje-canje a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa. Yankin bakin teku a halin yanzu yana da gidan Arena Stage , marinas, gidajen cin abinci da wuraren shakatawa.
- Alexandria - Bangaren da ke arewa maso yammacin Virginia an san shi ne game da halin da yake ciki da kuma gidajensu na 18th da 19th, gidajen tarihi, shagunan abinci, gidajen cin abinci, da kuma al'adu. Ana samun dakin motsa jiki da kuma keke.
- Mount Vernon - Gidan da kuma lambuna na George Washington an saita a kan tudu da yake kallon Potomac River. Gidan tarihi yana da manufa "dole ne", wanda yake da nisan kilomita 14 a kuducin Washington, DC.
- National Harbour - Ƙungiya mai amfani, wanda aka bude a cikin bazara na shekara ta 2008, ya hada da hotels, gidajen cin abinci, wuraren sayar da kayayyaki, kwakwalwa na katako, marina mai cikakken hidima, cibiyar tarurruka, da kuma wurin sayar da kayayyaki. Ana gudanar da abubuwa na musamman a ko'ina cikin shekara tare da ruwa na Potomac.
- George Washington Memorial Parkway - Hanyar ta zama wani ɓangare na tsarin kasa da kasa kuma tana haɗuwa da abubuwan da ke faruwa a Washington DC da wuraren tarihi wanda ke fitowa daga Great Falls Park zuwa Mount Washington na Dutsen Vernon Estate. Yawancin tunawa, marinas, da wuraren shakatawa suna tsaye a hanya.
Gidan Gida Tare da Kogin Potomac
- Bicycling and Running - Wajen jirgin ruwa da ke tafiya tare da kogin Potomac sun hada da babban birnin Crescent Trail wanda ke gudana daga Georgetown zuwa Bethesda, Maryland, Dutsen Vernon Trail wanda ya karu daga tsibirin Theodore Roosevelt zuwa Mount Vernon, Virginia da C & O Towpath wanda ya bi Potomac Kogin tsakanin Georgetown da Cumberland, Maryland.
- Kayaking - Kayayyakin kayan wasanni na gida suna ba da kayansu da kayansu a wasu wurare da ke kusa da Kogin Potomac.
- Gudun Gudun Hijira - Akwai hanyoyi masu yawa da suke tafiya, daga Birnin Washington, DC, Alexandria, Mount Vernon da National Harbour.